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The Depository documents 4 techniques in Mauritania; by risk level: 2 critically endangered, 1 endangered, 1 thriving. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The generational family custodianship, hand-binding, and physical preservation of centuries-old Arabic manuscripts in Chinguetti, a UNESCO World Heritage caravan city in the Mauritanian Sahara historically known as 'The City of Libraries.'…
The ceremonial brewing and glass-to-glass aerating of Chinese green tea sweetened with sugar and mint, prepared and served in a fixed three-round sequence that structures daily social life throughout Mauritania.
The hand-painting of white geometric, calligraphic, and figurative murals onto red banco (mud-plaster) house facades and interiors in Oualata, an isolated caravan city in southeastern Mauritania's Hodh el-Chargui region.
The fabrication of gold jewelry using filigree and granulation techniques by Moorish master jewelers of Oualata, a historic caravan town in southeastern Mauritania already independently significant for its distinct tradition of geometric…