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This leaflet is prepared by Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Public Education Centre and Evening Craft School as part of Lifelong Learning Programme Grundtvig Learning Partnerships Project. .

BURDUR ALACA WEAVINGS : A

HIDDEN BEAUTY THAT COMES FROM

CENTURIES AGO

Learners and teachers from alaca weaving

course

Scarf and shawl varieties

Table and coffee table clothes

BURDUR ALACA

Weavings

Produced in wooden looms, Burdur Alaca weavings, which is one of the traditional Anatolian Weavings has been known for almost two centuries.• Alaca is a cottony cloth

that has mostly yellow sticks on a red ground. It’s divided into two groups as cottony and silky. Alaca is also called ‘beş parmak’(five fingers).Alaca is a very long lasting and useful cloth and it’s weaved in different regions in Anatolia for many years.

The weaving adventure that reaches through our grandmothers to our daughters’ handicrafts is going on

Unlike fabrics produced in today’s factories, Alaca Weavings take part among strong rival products with its original qualifications ,pure handicrafts and fashionable home textile trends.

Burdur Alaca Weavings, which is one of the famous home textile product of Turkey, is opening up to the world markets.

Alaca weaving looms