What traditional Bahraini embroidery craft, historically created by women in Muharraq using gold and silver threads, is recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Kurar embroidery
- Step 1: Kurar is a traditional Bahraini hand embroidery craft involving four or more women braiding pure gold (zari) and silver threads together.
- Step 2: The braided bands were meticulously stitched onto the collars, cuffs, and hemlines of traditional thobes.
Answer
Kurar embroidery.
Why not the others: 'Talli weaving craft' is a braided lace craft practiced widely in the UAE and Oman; 'Sadu tent weaving' is bedouin geometric loom weaving; 'Zardozi needlework' is an Indian and Persian embroidery style.
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