| The authentic berber carpet is the mirror of the berber woman, her feelings, her emotions and of her ideas, it reflects also her principles and her ethnic and tribal values, the woman shows there her desire for the man and procreation. The berber rug is cosidered as a true text more than a textile, as a manuscript more than an object of decoration, it is the book of the woman where she tells her life of virgin, bride and mother. Although sexuality is a subject taboo in the berber society, the berber woman dares to approach it in her work, but in an encrypted and coded way from where the hidden direction of the rug, which is then the single open space of expression of this woman always upright. It is always an element of pride between the berber tribes, it is a symbol of richness, prosperity and hospitality. There is a berber proverb, which says:“A man, who is not invited, will not find a carpet in the house”. |