Sand decoration

Collection title

Popular and traditional crafts in Jordan

ID

JRT00257

Source

JRTV (JO)

First broadcast date

1994

Production year

1994

Abstract

The episode introduces El Aqaba, the beautiful town located on the Red Sea, with its palm fields and the ships that sail through the Gulf of Aqaba to reach the port. The colored sand was discovered by one of the local residents who used it to draw into glass bottles in his shop, in Petra. The colored sand is brought from Wadi Rum and Petra and stones are collected and crushed to get up to 50 colors. With these two natural materials, creative painters decorate glass containers. This art has developed as it became possible to add names or pictures of tourists. The programme introduces the materials and the tools used in this craft . This craft is transmitted from generation to generation and requires high skills, its products are sold in galleries and shops for tourists.

Type

video

Production companies

• Television - Own production

Broadcaster

JRTV - Jordan Television

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Markets and crafts

Secondary themes

• Art, Culture and Knowledge
• Society and way of life

Credits / Cast

• Al habahiba Taha - Author of original work
• Al hadidi Ghaleb - Speaker
• Al abd Ellat Mohamed - Director

Period of events

• 1994

Map locations

• Jordan - Transjordan Plateau - Aqaba

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

32m43

Additional information

Aqaba - sea - Petra - Wadi Rum - sand - coloured stones - glass bottles - tourists - exhibitions - bazaars - coloured sand