| Reference Code | I/2-584 |
| Title | Our carpets |
| Synopsis | At sunrise in the mountains. Views of the highlands, the shining mountain peaks. Alpine pastures. Sheep grazing. Mountain flowers. A shepherd wearing a traditional cloak made of sheep’s wool plays the flute. A beautiful waterfall. Sheep returning from the pasture. Men shearing sheep. Folk dances performed by dancers dressed in beautiful traditional costumes. Young women washing the wool, carding it and then spinning it. A meadow covered with flowers. A woman from Korça weaving on a loom. The spindle collecting the wool. The threads are prepared for weaving. Children imitating adults in the gathering of wool. A primitive vertical loom discovered in the village of Daias. A cradle cover from Korça. Pillows and mattresses. A room furnished with carpets, with a bride rocking the cradle. A child in the cradle adorned with woolen works featuring traditional motifs. Rugs from the northern regions. Carpets from the Kosovo region. Views of the wool textile factory at the “Stalin” Textile Combine. In the laboratory, dyes are prepared and then applied in the dyeing process. The combing and spinning department, where the work is carried out by machinery. Combed wool. The carpet manufacturing factory in Kukës. Dyed skeins of yarn. Young women working on carpets. Accompanied by the song *“Artizane e Lumës”*. Carpet motifs. The city of Korça and its characteristic houses. A woman at work. Carpets woven by women from Korça with motifs typical of the region. The carpet factory in Korça. Blankets beaten in the fulling mill. The battlement motif in carpets. The eagle motif. Kavaja and its carpet workshop. Young women working on vertical looms. The artistic enterprise “Migjeni” in Tirana, where rugs are produced for export. The Ethnography Department of the Academy of Sciences, where ethnographers study folk motifs for rugs and carpets. Various tapestries woven in rugs. A tapestry depicting the warrior Skanderbeg, the embroidery of the Albanian flag, and that of the 1936 Bread Demonstration. All of these are executed in tapestry. |
| Awards | |
| Screenwriter | Angjelina Xhara, Fiqiri Haxhiu |
| Scriptwriter | |
| Director | Adriana Elini |
| Composer | |
| Camera | Agim Fortuzi |
| Designer | |
| Editing | Adriana Elini |
| Sound | |
| Category | Documentaries |
| Chroma | Color |
| Year | 1975 |
| Release date | 1975 |
| Reels | 2 |
| Lenght (in minutes) | 21:12 |
| Country of origin | Shqiperi |
| Shooting locations | Kukes, Korce, Kavaje, Tirane |
| Producers | Kinostudio “Shqiperia e re” |
| Notes | |
| © Copyright | Arkivi Qendror Shtetëror i Filmit |
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