War Carpets

War carpets or war rugs also sometimes called as civil war rugs are the distinctive carpet style that is peculiar to the region of Afghanistan. The war carpet depicts the war scenes. Afghanistan is in the turmoil state since many decades and the country saw many civil wars in the past. In 1979 Afghanistan was invaded by Russia that engulfed whole nation into bloody conflict. The sufferings, the casualties and the war weapons were depicted on the rugs by the weavers. The tradition of war carpet weaving that started as a reaction to Soviet occupation continues even today. These carpets are considered as the world's richest traditions of war art of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

 

 

War rugs are manufactured in such a way that they are capable enough to convey the experiences and interpretations of the circumstances and politics of war and conflict in the region. These rugs reflect the pain and agony of the Afghan people and perhaps create a catharsis of soul as they are woven from deep impressions to static vision.

 

Motifs on the carpet
The rug of war depicts war scenes and the war materials especially weapons. The rugs usually represent following types of war materials:

 

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