Berber carpet beni ouarain 185x270 cm

The history of the beni ouarain tribe. This berber community comes from the middle atlas. For the record, the middle atlas is a mountain massif that is located in the center of morocco, relatively sparsely populated, its economy is based on sheep breeding (sheep, rams, and ewes), and agriculture. To protect themselves from the freezing cold prevailing over the moroccan atlas mountains, the tribes of beni ouarain (also called aït ouaraïn), who live in traditional tents, had to find solutions to protect themselves from the cold. This is how this moroccan carpet was born, a warm carpet for multiple use. Because the beni ouarain carpet was not only used as a carpet originally; the latter not only protected oneself from the cold by insulating the tents but also sleeping. Indeed, made with 100% natural sheep's wool, the beni ouarain carpet is warm but also very comfortable. A wool from the marmouchas. The marmoucha sheep is a very ancient breed living in the moroccan atlas mountains. Very recognizable, this sheep is small, with few or no horns, a dress usually ivory or white, and a dark head, in black or brown tones. Each sheep will provide about 3 kg of wool. Unlike the boucherouite carpet, the beni ouarain carpet is a berber rug made of sheep's wool. Weaving is done by berber women according to ancestral know-how, with the wool of the marmoucha sheep, reputed to be a thick, silky and high quality hair. The composition of my carpet. The moroccan carpet beni ouarain is made of 100% pure wool of marmoucha sheep. A thick natural wool (long wool thread) and silky wool (short wool thread) that is highly sought after. The berber weavers of the beni ouarain tribe, with their ancestral know-how, weave its different threads of white or black wool to offer us an exceptional carpet with its small defects proof of a fabricati.

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