No, don’t call it purple. When President Trump left the Air Force one in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, he stepped on the rich lavender-colored carpet before him, only one characteristic of the lush welcome extended to the visiting American leader on the first day of his Gulf tour.
Together with an escort of jet-jet in the air and riders on Arabic horses on the ground, the lavender carpet is one of the distinctive and symbolic Saudi protocols for greeting high-quality high quality. Saudi -Arabia exchanged red carpets for lavender in 2021, while the prevailing royal family tried to define his own protocols and celebrate national identity, according to a report by the official Saudi news agency that was published at the time.
“Lavender in the Kingdom of Saudi Aarabia is associated with the flowering of wild flowers that are the desert landscapes of the Kingdom in the spring and is a symbol of Saudi generosity,” said the report.
In the spring, the robust dunes of Saudi Aarabia are covered with lavender, basil and Germander, one blooming bush That grows over the Arabian Peninsula, also known under the Arab name ‘Aihan’.
The color of the carpet is also a nod to how the flowers transform another hard desert landscape, the report said, symbolizing the growth that Prins Mohammed has promised to generate through his blueprint to diversify the economy of the oil -dependent kingdom “Vision 2030. “
The carpet has made a boundary of the traditional Al Sadu Textile design by Bedouin Women. The geometric patterns, tightly woven on a hand -gone, were included on a list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity compiled by the Cultural Agency of the United Nations, UNESCO, in 2020.
Saudi -Arabia first rolled out a lavender carpet in 2021, for Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, an important Saudi partner in the Golf, according to the Saudi News agency. The carpet is also used for State and other official occasions receptions.
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