LIFE
Exquisite 'postmortem rugs' brought under care
09:37 October 25, 2019 AA
Tens of thousands of hand-woven 'postmortem rugs' -- some being centuries old -- were collected by government officials across Turkey for maintenance and classification to be transferred to the coming generations. In a common Anatolian tradition, young girls weave rugs as part of their dowry for themselves as well as their future spouses, to be donated to a mosque upon their death.