Carpet Weaving: Armenian National Identiy
Ezio Gianni Murzi | Yerevan, Armenia
Photographer: Ezio Gianni Murzi
Exhibit Title: Carpet Weaving: Armenian National Identiy
Location: Yerevan, Armenia
This is a story about the tradition of carpet weaving as a link between past and future. Armenian carpets provide continuity and comfort both spiritually and materially. Carpets are parts and parcels of Armenian national identity. Throughout the ages, the carpets have been national symbols and have had unique historical and cultural value. There are carpets whose ornaments hide a whole life story. Carpets were thought to have curing features, not only because they were made of natural wool and were coloured by natural paints, but there were thought to be certain meaning in their ornaments. The old member of the family always lied in the place where they had a carpet. Carpets with special ornament were hung on the walls and a lot of valuable things, musical instruments, pictures of dead relatives were put on them. The carpets that were put on the floor had interesting ornaments, but they didn’t have special meanings or the symbols of their ancestors. Armenian carpets have their unique place in Armenian culture. Despite innovations Armenian carpets remains as an inseparable part of cultural heritage.
Ezio Gianni Murzi
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