Rare designs and exhibits that restore part of the memory
With silk threads, Turkey weaves a heritage tale at Dubai Expo
The pavilion devoted a corner to some of the most famous Turkish jewelry houses in Dubai.
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A diverse civilizational and cultural heritage, revealed by Turkey's pavilion located in the sustainability zone of "Expo 2020 Dubai", with its review of the country's economic components based on several vital sectors, the most important of which are major industries, shipping, international transport, agriculture and food, while presenting traditional handicraft experiences in creative sectors. Different as the manufacture of traditional ornaments and textiles, replete with decorations and patterns, which form part of the memory of the Turkish nation, and represent the pride of its ancient industry.
The Turkish pavilion is full of vivid manifestations of the treasures of the ancient Turkish cultural heritage, to translate the richness of this country and the values of its people that connect them to their past and open doors for them to communicate with the cultures of the world.
These manifestations were embodied in the pavilion by displaying local textiles such as covers and pillows made of the famous “Antibes Kotno” fabric (from the Arabic word “cotton”), which is protected by industrial property law by the “Gaziantep Chamber of Industry”.
This fabric began to appear since the 16th century and its weaving developed in southern Turkey, specifically in the city of Gaziantep, by immigrant families from Syria, to become a distinctive fabric for the region, the Ottoman palace and its surroundings in the 17th century.
The unique “Antibes Kotno” fabric contains threads made of cotton and silk, woven as a striped fabric with a shiny and smooth “atlas” fabric, which are dyed with the known “ikat” technique to form patterns and colors, such as white, yellow, red, purple, green, orange and black, among others. of colours.
There are many different types of this fabric and the places where it is weaved to spread among the regions of Bursa, Diyarbakir, Izmir, Manisa and other cities.
In one of its corners, the Turkish Pavilion presents the ingenuity of ancient handicrafts and local traditional industries created by the hands of local artists and craftsmen in the field of designing jewelry, ornaments and rare pieces made of precious stones, such as diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds, and precious metals such as gold and silver.
The most ancient textile stories in Turkey also presented some pieces of home décor made with the "municipal weaving" technique.
The pavilion also displays the works of a group of artists who won a special competition for jewelry design, which was previously devoted to selecting the most distinguished artistic talents in the field in Turkey, in addition to a corner dedicated to some of the most famous Turkish jewelry houses in Dubai. Lovers of luxury accessories.
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“Municipal weaving” occupied a historical position as a unique method of weaving fabrics, and then woven municipal fabrics found a wide area for use in Ottoman palaces all the way to European palaces.
Due to the durable material that distinguishes these fabrics, they were used at one time to sew clothes for the Ottoman army.
This type of weaving, one of the oldest types of weaving in Turkey, was famous in the city of Tyre, one of the most important centers of sericulture in the past. The fabrics were made of silk, wool and cotton threads at that time.
• The pavilion displays pieces of home décor made using the “municipal weaving” technique, one of the oldest types of weaving in Turkey.
• There are many types of "Antibes Kotno" fabric and the places of manufacture, as it is spread in Bursa, Diyarbakir, Izmir and Manisa.