TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Persian Gabbeh is a hand-knotted (handmade) thick Persian rug with long pile. It is made by the nomads of Fars province in southern Iran, of which the famous city of Shiraz is the ...

The training of over 60 villagers is currently underway in this field of handicrafts, Hashem Mazaheri said on Wednesday. He also expressed hope that the county will soon become a hub for weaving ...

Some films have a sheer physical beauty that can pierce you to the heart. Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s “Gabbeh” is one of them; it has just that kind of rapturous pictorialism. It’s an Iranian picture that ...

They are woven usually by nomadic people using handspun wool. Their patterns are of a simple type with only a few elements of decorative, mostly rectangular objects containing animals. They are common ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Hand woven with the finest materials including wool and silk, a single Persian rug can often take years and sometimes decades to create. A high-quality Iranian ...

An elderly couple go about their routine of cleaning their gabbeh (a intricately-designed rug), while bickering gently with each other. Magically, a young woman appears, helping the two clean the rug.