Like any cultural, artistic and folklore act, the Amazigh carpet is an art object based on a knowledge of the ancestral civilization of peoples who have, throughout history, expressed their knowledge by decorative means: sculptures, pottery, carpets, jewellery, drawings, etc., by oral literature: poems, tales, proverbs, etc. or by music, song and dance.
The Amazigh Carpet is therefore an art object made by families with a great pastoral tradition and who generally live from livestock breeding and agriculture (thus rural families). The manufacture of these traditional carpets, in all their forms, requires the presence of certain conditions, means and basic materials, including :
- Pure wool of good quality, as raw material that will be transformed into yarns of different sizes and properties,
- One hundred percent natural and organic dyes;
- Appropriate material (loom) in different shapes, depending on the desired use; and
- Competent staff mastering traditional weaving techniques and decorative patterns.
Amazigh carpet weaving is an essential activity in some contexts because it plays a vital economic role in the subsistence of families. In such cases, it is part of a traditional mode of commercialization, based on barter. In a household, men and women work together. The wife takes care of weaving and modeling carpets and the husband is responsible for marketing in weekly markets and, on the other hand, purchases food and other products they need to live.
From an artistic point of view, the best Amazigh rugs are still made in some regions from local natural products (wool, dyes, patterns, etc.). The decorative patterns used are an expression of the culture of the tribe from which the product originates. These motifs are linked to the spirit of cohabitation that has always existed in these Amazigh tribes since a distant history with people of different beliefs and civilizations (Muslims, Jews, Berbers, Christians). The Berber tribes are the most striking example of this spirit of tolerance and cohabitation.
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