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Leather Tanneries

by Natalia Ciobanu

Morocco

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Chouara is the leather tanneries of Fes in Morocco. This tannery is almost a thousand years old, also it's the largest and the biggest one in the city.
Chouara is the leather tanneries of Fes in Morocco. This tannery is almost a thousand years old, also it's the largest and the biggest one in the city.
Here are the workers, many standing waist deep in dyes and work under the sun.
Here are the workers, many standing waist deep in dyes and work under the sun.
At the Chouara Tannery, hides are first soaked in a mixture of cow urine, quicklime, water, and salt. This mixture helps to break down the tough leather, loosen excess fat, flesh, and hair that remain on them.
At the Chouara Tannery, hides are first soaked in a mixture of cow urine, quicklime, water, and salt. This mixture helps to break down the tough leather, loosen excess fat, flesh, and hair that remain on them.
The hides are then placed in dying pits containing natural vegetable dyes, such as poppy flower (red), indigo (blue), henna (orange), cedar wood (brown), mint (green), and saffron (yellow).
The hides are then placed in dying pits containing natural vegetable dyes, such as poppy flower (red), indigo (blue), henna (orange), cedar wood (brown), mint (green), and saffron (yellow).
One the leather is ready and colored it is taken out to dry under the sun.
One the leather is ready and colored it is taken out to dry under the sun.

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