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Women's Handicraft Centre
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Women's Handicraft Centre
OTHER NAMES
Women's Handicraft Centre
COUNTRY
United Arab Emirates
ADDRESS
Al Mushrif, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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About Women's Handicraft Centre
It is an art museum promoting traditional handicraft of the United Arab Emirates. It was founded by General Women's Union in the year 1978. It helps the women to learn craft works as well as help to preserve the traditional art of the region. Beautiful handicraft made by local women attracts a lot of tourists and provides women to develop skills like embroidery, crewel, stitching and more. They also offer beautiful henna design. You can shop for handmade souvenirs, incense, Arabian oils and local dresses at the place. It remains open from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm from Sunday to Thurday and remains closed on Friday and Saturday.
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Some Lesser Known Facts About Women's Handicraft Centre
- They also teach handicrafts to schools and universities so that they can pass traditional art to the new generation and also a means to empower women in the region.
- It showcases the country's history including how women used to prepare for the wedding and perfumes and beauty products which are all time popular.
- Here you can see how hand mills for grinding wheat into flour, hand spindles for processing camel, converting sheep wool into textiles.
- There are about seventy women working in the craft center ranging from the age to unknown age women who has no record of their birth each having a different story and background.
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