PRAGUE, September 4, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- An artisan lightly taps her wooden mallet to tamp down another row of just-completed, hand-tied knots. To her rhythm, a long, richly red carpet decorated with ...
Azerbaijan has a long history of carpet making, with generations of artisans – mostly women – passing on their skills one to another. But the tradition is on the decline today. “Machines distort the ...