{"product_id":"tapete-cestaria-tradicional","title":"Large rug","description":"\u003ch3\u003eA Mat made purely from a single plant.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere was a time when farmers were the creators of some of their own tools. In Tavira (Algarve, Portugal), that wasn't so long ago.\u003cbr\u003eThey might not have had to make the shovel or the sickle, granted, but what good are those tools if you don't have the baskets to carry the abundant harvest? That's what we learned: fifty years ago, it was still common for local farmers to build their own palm baskets to collect potatoes and carob.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to AECT (Associação Em Contacto Tavira) - an association that promotes active aging and combats the isolation and exclusion of the elderly population - we found extraordinary products that descend from this tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mat (Tapete) is currently made by women between 70 and 80 years old, who weave only one plant called palmeira (dwarf palm), which grows in the same abandoned fields of their youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd do you know what? Besides weaving, some of these artisans still work in the fields every day. In their faces, their hands, and their stories, we found a tapestry of time and strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0;font-size:.82rem;color:#5b5b55;\"\u003eRa-Ro Index: \u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/indice-ra-ro\" style=\"color:#4f6d16;font-weight:700;\"\u003eRare \u0026rsaquo; learn more\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top:28px;\"\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:8px;border-top:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18);\"\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18);padding:14px 2px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:600;font-size:1.02rem;color:#f5f5f5;list-style:none;\"\u003eWhat is this piece?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#cbcbcb;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eEmpreita rug hand-woven in palm by artisans in Tavira aged 70 to 80. Traditional Algarve basketry through the AECT association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18);padding:14px 2px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:600;font-size:1.02rem;color:#f5f5f5;list-style:none;\"\u003eWhich region is it from?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#cbcbcb;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eIt comes from Algarve, in Portugal. 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