Palestinian Crafts from Beit Sahour in Cambridge Market
Janet Walker | 08.11.2004 22:14 | Culture | Cambridge
Palestinian Handicrafts
at Cambridge Market
Sunday 21st November – 4th December
Palestinian Handicrafts
at Cambridge Market
Sunday 21st November – 4th December
Sunday – Friday: Market Square
Saturdays 27th November and 4th December: Craft Market
All Saints Passage/Trinity St
The town of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem, is famous for its traditional crafts: beautiful olive wood carvings, mother of pearl jewellery and rich embroidery. Products include religious items such as scenes of the Nativity and the Last Supper.
Some 120 family workshops in the town produce this work through traditions passed down through the generations. But owing to the present situation, the economy is suffering through the disappearance of the tourist trade. Here in Cambridge Market is an unusual opportunity to buy some of these crafts and to meet the craftspeople themselves.
For more details contact the Centre at St Paul’s
Hills Road, Tel: 576 899
Janet Walker
e-mail:
janet.walker3@ntlworld.com