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  ait ouakli December 17, 2012 at 7:07am

  Chantal. as promise. i made yesterday photos of 3 pottery pieces. they were not at home thats why it took me time. i have other photos i ll post later on
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  Chantal December 17, 2012 at 7:38am

  Thanks Ait. Very beautiful, warm colours..........reminds me of the sun and the sand  and the heat of the summers  (Well, Djurdjura....  cool even in summer?) and, what is Maatka? a place? a sort of pottery? I love it. Thank you.
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  Akkie December 17, 2012 at 11:01am

  Very beautiful all the pottery
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  ait ouakli December 17, 2012 at 11:14am

  thank you chantal and akkie

  Maatka is a village famous with kaby pottery

  for the signes here a link :  http://www.google.de/imgres?q=maatka+kabylie&start=90&hl=de...

  some fotos from maatka

  
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  Patricia Deany December 17, 2012 at 11:28am

  Is this an older piece? How much of this is being produced today? Is it for use or export? Love the colors here and shape.
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  Jose M. Pery December 17, 2012 at 6:09pm

  Wow, Ait, all these pieces of pottery are great. I like all of them!
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  ait ouakli December 17, 2012 at 6:32pm

  the pieces i added are all old, over 50 years.

  they are still produced for local use and retail in touristes  and souvenirs stores.

  if you look at the potos i added. in Maatka, there is an association leaded from a nice person and helped from people in the village itself and outside.

  they are organasing 3 days festival together with 2 neighbour villages. the photo with the lady teaching the girls is one of the festivals, it is about sensibilisation of the youngs to the old tradition. they have workshops and selling stands for a little money.

  all the visitors are guests, eating, drinking and sleeping for free in the villages. each house makes 1 or 2 rooms in service of guests
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  ait ouakli December 17, 2012 at 6:33pm

  there is no production for export :-(

  the production and knowhow are there, material too. the system not
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  Chantal December 17, 2012 at 9:24pm

  Thanks for the photos, the site and all the explanations Ait. The decor is very similar to the amulet metal work and the carpets. These abstracts geometrical patterns are now all over North Africa. The old ones are getting rare. but its nice that the tradition is kept alive..........
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  ait ouakli December 17, 2012 at 10:59pm

  this one is Mzab the green one : https://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/dsci1458?context=user

  this two are fromdjidjel

  https://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/dsci1450?context=user