Tibetan Rug

The process of making a Tibetan rug is an ancient art, the rug craft is the tradition of the Tibetan people. Sheep's wool from the Tibet Highland are used in making of these rugs. Tibetan uses these rugs for almost anything, from flooring to wall hanging and even horse saddles.

This process of making the tibetan rugs is very unique in the sense that almost everything is 100% done by hand. When the Evolution of modern machineries came to Tibet, a few small aspects of the processes has been taken over by these machine primarily because of cost efficientsy and disappearance of cultural knowledge.

With Tibet being occupied by Chinese communists back in early 1950, the Tibetan refugees started migrating to both India and Nepal. Along with them, they brought their knowledge of rug making to both India and Nepal. At the moment Nepalese rug business covers the largest industries in the entire country and there are also many rug exporters in Nepal trying to promote the Nepalese rugs. In Tibet these rugs are made in square shapes and it is normally used as a meditation mat.