Youth in the villages of carpet weavers here are charting out their own future. These youngsters, in the 18-22 age group, weave carpets daily, but have not given up on education. “We do it (weave ...

SAKAI, Osaka Prefecture--In helping keep a long tradition alive, three people weaved a Sakai Dantsu, or a Sakai-style “dantsu” thick carpet, on a loom. These artisans were paying their debt to society ...

It remains one of the last vestiges of an art predating civilisation itself – the ancient Afghan practice of carpet weaving. Nomadic tribes in Afghanistan still weave carpets by hand for their own use ...