If you go to Morocco, always go to a cooperative to buy not just rugs but anything like Argan Oil or other traditional products. The Bazaars do have authentic moroccan crafts, but the price is often three to four times higher than buying from a cooperative and only a minute amount of the profits goes back to the artisans. Also, by going to the cooperatives you get to meet the artisans, talk to them, drink tea with them and learn how they make their crafts. Cooperatives love displaying their know-how alongside their products. Spending time in a cooperative is an unforgettable experience especially if you get to experience how the crafts are made and give it a try even.
I concur, its more than just buying, cooperatives here are like families, if you visit its like visiting a home and u feel that warmth and kindness, and the product pricese are always fair
I went to a cooperative in the Atlas mountains (Atlas Art Rug) ordered my handmade rug, spoke to the weavers, it was a great experience!! My new baby should be completed soon and shipped by the end of this month 🥰
@@KL-zt6jx they have Google pages ( on google maps, bing maps, trip advisor etc..) that's enough ! Sometimes they have a Web entry on the page of the local authority or related ministry.
So authentic, no wonder why the rugs are too expensive, lots of women get involved with so much energy and smiles. Bringing home a rug like this is like bringing home all the joy of these beautiful, pure souls. I will buy one ❤️
Was in Morocco for a month 2 weeks ago, got to see some of the artisans doing the work and visited a few cooperative stores. These rugs are by far the prettiest rugs I've seen. Persian rugs are beautiful, but the feel and comfort of Moroccan rugs is something else. Unfortunately I'm broke, but 1 day I'm definitely buying these!
My friend is from that region in Morocco and had a handmade rug shipped. Not only is it absolutely beautiful but the sensation of walking barefoot on it is extraordinary. It is the single FLOOFIEST rug I ever laid feet on.
@@alhamdulillah23x hey if you would like I can link you with a family and you can order directly from them and they can ship their rugs to Europe. Please don't buy from big stores or intermediate try to contact a family directly to help support their businesses because it's cheaper and they families won't get scammed by the intermediates and the store owners
It would be wonderful to feature these artisans at a Moroccan art museum and get them connected with people who could help them with that they need. I wish them so much success. As someone who loves the art, I truly appreciate these artisans. What they do is beautiful!
that's a great idea, and nice update, morocco created a "Made In Morocco" brand to promote the artisanal creation, where the cooperatives now can contact the artisan office in each region, and the artisan office will take in charge everything from the authentication, the marketing and the sell process, in order to help the rural artisans to have a competitive wages, unfortunately the majority of these artisans are illiterate, or at-least not comfortable in selling outside the local markets, that's why the middlemen are still a huge important part of the process, but it's changing.
I am moroccan amazigh and it feels heart warming to see this. These women put their hearts and souls into creating these masterpieces. Its a trade that was passed from generation to generation, the reason that most of them do not make bigger profits on it is that they are located in the mountains and they cannot afford to go to the cities nearby to showcase their products since they have families to care for. Therefore, they have to go through intermediates, some of them are honest while the rest are shady and try to lowball these women so they can resell them for much more money especially to tourists. I hope people one day will straight to these women and buy from them. All the love for these brave amazigh women ❤❤
They said they're trying to make a website of sorts for Customers. Is there a website you guys know of yet or is it still in the works. Because I would love to buy 1 for myself or for my Mom.
I visited Morocco last month and bought a rug from a cooperative in the Atlas mountains. It's so beautiful that I have framed the rug and I am hanging it on the wall. It's too beautiful to put on any floor : ). I hope these artisans can continue their craft for many years to come and that they are fairly compensated in each deal
My mom and sisters all made these rugs. Hard work. They made them just for the family and rarely sold them. Just watching them as i kid i think i remember how it's done. God bless every Moroccan woman who supported their families through this amazing craft
Now you can see how the process of making a Moroccan rug is sooo long and hard that's really need a lot of patience, I huge respect to our mums and grandmothers who support a lot of hard work. I'm really proud of my culture and traditions as a Moroccan 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
Yes, it's so respectable! Lots of love and honour to all the moms and sisters doing this. May God shine His light in their lovely hearts through the Massieh that He send. Specially loved seeing all the sheep and goats too.
So authentic, no wonder why the rugs are too expensive, lots of women get involved with so much energy and smiles. Bringing home a rug like this is like bringing home all the joy of these beautiful, pure souls. I will buy one ❤️
OMG this triggered so many childhood memories I remember every step of the process and how everyday after lunch all the neighbors women would gather at our house and start working they even thought me how to tie the knots 🥺🥺🥺 It was an occasion to get together gossip with the background amazigh music playing ( oudaden imaghran hamid inerzaf) it was a therapeutic practice that was my highlight of the holidays I spend back home 😍😍 Thank you for reminding me of those most treasured memories
It’s amazing how similar our cultures are! In Oaxaca, we do almost the exact same thing. Awareness makes people appreciate the artisan’s process and final work. In Oaxaca, before the loom was I traduced, it is also women who have carried out this work. Sending much from one indigenous woman to all the beautiful artisan women of Morocco.
As Moroccan, when i was young my mother used to make theses rugs, and her eyes were always glowing, when she tells us about how she made rugs. i can feel how proud she is with her handcraft
@@salmajamai7654 currently I don't know. I have to travel there in order to know or ask around. the best thing you can do is to travel there ( Tazenakhte Ouarzatate ) where you can find women's association
As a Moroccan, this video was heartwarming. I remember me being young and seeing my grandmother actually sew these beautiful rugs. She didn't sell them, just made smaller rugs to put around as decoration. I felt cool nit needing the subtitles to understand the women in the video (idk why lol). Although I'm not from this particular region of Morocco. I have visited it.
Having spent a good few years living in the Atlas Mountains and have friends who make rugs, this is a lovely video highlighting the need to support these cooperatives directly.
pay me 1k i will go to those people and i will build them a website for free and they will sent you two rugs for free if ou help them , this way everybody wins , what ou think?
I've got a huge appreciation to these beautiful women. Once upon a time, my mother and grandmother used to weave masterpieces like these, I used to watch them go through the whole process to bring such beautiful pieces of art into existence. This video took me back in time. Well done 👍
First Insider Business video that touched my heart, because of my passed away grandmother used to make theses rugs, as gifts to her family and friends... Thank you for this video
Get one of the younger generation who doesn't want to do that line of work, but has better literacy and pc skills to become a social media manager and marketer so you can avoid the middlemen and contact clients directly. I'm sure people would cherish the rug even more if they had actual contact with the original artisans who made it.
I clicked the thumbnail because when I saw the thumbnail + "Moroccan" I thought it was going to be a video on Moroccan pasta like "Word" this video going to be bomb. Woops guess that rug looks really tasty.
As an Amazigh, This Video is heart-touching. the emotions through her words is truly heart-touching. I love business insider and their unique perspective and I appreciate you sharing it with the world and visiting morocco again. Thank you for creating such a powerful and meaningful video.
I bought an authentic Moroccan rug for about $100 a couple years back on eBay. There was a tag on it that said 'Made in Mexico'. The seller told me it was made by Moroccans living in Mexico. Whew, I'm glad I got that cleared up.😁
I'm from Morocco even though I don't live in their region I'd love to volunteer to help them set an Etsy store and allow people from all over the world access to their beautiful work.
Im moroccan Amazigh, please everyone who want to buy rugs, to buy it in the Atlas Mountains to help this Amazigh womens and to see the beautiful view of Atlas Mountains and the hospitality of Amazigh people ❤️
I am watching this video after the devastating earthquake in Morocco early this month. And my heart went out to these women. Praying that they and their families are well to continue serving society. Such a humble people.
Hey I'm from Morocco, middle men in Marrakech are scammers, check the contacts of a "cooperative" or a "women association" and say clearly you want to buy but NOT with the price they provide you in the city. You are guaranteed to buy an authentic hand made rug with a very very reasonable price compared to the city, and you would have helped a woman buy groceries for a month.
@@helloanouteam4676 I didn't see the reference and thought of you often during it, and commented here about you after. Glad you're involved here, but you need to be more clearly described in the video. Know you didn't make it, but....
If I had the ability I would get these woman exposure and a way to sell these worldwide. The skill these woman have is unreal and it has to be back breaking do that job. The rugs are beautiful!
This video is a very great opportunity to those ladies that make the rugs to shine and help them get their fair share of the money that those rugs are sold for, considering my mom is also a rug maker, i can feel the time, materials and hard work thag is put in the making of one of those rugs. A special thanks to all the woman in morocco that STILL make these kind of rugs (Zerbia).
The beautiful thing about Moroccan culture is that it is diverse and endless, in addition to the permanent adherence of its people to their culture. Whether in the way he works, in his life, in his food and clothing... Despite all that happened to them from colonialism, culture remained the structure of the Kingdom of Morocco.
my grandma, from morocco as well, used to make these when she was younger. One time she made me a blanket (similar technic to a rug), but at the time i did not understand the value of it !
Bothy Grand mothers used to make rugs, they are from different tribes far from each other, one in the Sahara and one in nothern Morocco. it's amazing to see how designs differentiate from tribe to tribe. same old wooden tools different stories. ♥️ I still have some of their rugs and covers that I use till today. ♥️♥️💖
Hey insider, how do we contact or help these women? Their talents deserve the profits, for future education of women and support of hard work, entrepreneurs, and creativity.
Every Hand Knotted Carpet is expensive whether it is made in India, Turkey, Iran, Morocco or any other country. It takes time to complete the whole carpet.
Please support my people and not corporations, these rugs have very deep meaning to us and to see it be commdofied and the history and people being disregarded is very hard for me to watch.
We need to save the arts so future generations have something meaningful to inherit. That and we're going to need these traditional methods more than ever as our natural resources run out. Traditional art is planet saving!
8:47 she just explained the problem of Morocco, the old gen is illiterate and the new gen was raised to believe that we are just foreigners that settled in this country and to belittle everything that is Moroccan..
