Cultural Blog on Persian rugs

[Laura Major]

Whenever I think of Persian culture I always think of the Persian rugs. The rugs are made with looms and are knotted with either the traditional Persian knot which is used for the finer rugs or else they use the Spanish knot among others. Most of the rugs are made from wool but others can be made from cotton or silk. The Persian carpets create an immense income for Iran and have been a hand weaving art for many many years. Today many countries try and copy the Iranian rugs but nothing compares to an original Persian carpet hand woven with the Persian knot. From this cultural trait of Persia came the fable of the flying magic carpet which originally started when there was a rumor that King Solomon had a huge magical carpet. In the movie Aladdin you can find a very exciting flying magic carpet.