A traditional village has been created at the Saudi Aramco Exhibit for visitors and tourists to visit during the Eid holiday. The traditional village features arts and crafts, with Saudi craftsmen and artisans actually weaving mat or carving doors – reminiscent of life in the Arabian region. Saudi Aramco described what awaits visitors to the traditional villages. “Walking the grounds of the Saudi Aramco Exhibit, visitors will find their way lit by hundreds of beautifully colored chandeliers. Upon arrival at the village, guests are greeted with Arabic coffee poured from a dallah, or Arabic coffee pot, the smell of bread baking in the tandoor ovens and the sight of artisans practicing their crafts under palm-roof porches.” The traditional village features artisans such as potters, weavers, woodcarvers, bakers and others actually making their traditional crafts. Visitors will have the opportunity to watch the craftsmen while doing their crafts; they can also buy the finished household products produced by the artisans. The traditional village showcases a weaver producing woven mat on a horizontal loom, one of the oldest types of looms. A potter also demonstrates his expertise of molding clay to produce vases, water jugs and other pottery products. Also on display at the traditional villages is the Bedouin's sadu cloth, which is woven from cotton, or camel, goat or sheep wool. The sadu's can be used for for tent walls, curtains, rugs or blankets. There are also stands selling dates and traditional foodstuffs. The Aramco exhibition showing the traditional village will remain open for one week starting on Sept.11 from 3 P.M. to 10 P.M.
