Women bring life back to heritage site

The 400-year-old heritage site in Bukayriyah recently saw unusual visitors in years. Herfah Society organized a fair for productive families at the site that is considered the oldest architectural heritage site in Al-Qassim.
Women from productive families exhibited their homemade crafts, food products as well as heritage and traditional pieces to visitors.
Craftswoman Um Shujaa showed visitors how wool is woven to make woollens, carpets and Sadu. She explained how she carries out her own work and produces artistic piece of colored woollens .
Um Shujaa, who has been with Herfa since its inception, works in training and production at the same time. She believes that Herfa has helped take her from a state of random production to a more organized way.
She shared her experience in different regions in the Kingdom by participating in all the festivities and activities held at the national level. She is a known public figure as she frequently appears in the media often to explain to the viewers about her career and work and the role she plays as an educator and trainer.
While she used to work earlier for money, Um Shujaa says that her current role as a protector of culture and heritage is more important. “That is why I returned to work after an absence of years when Herfah asked me to resume working,” she added.
Nura, on the other hand, showed people how Al-Khous is done. She was working on making beautiful pieces that has been ordered earlier by customers.
Herfa works in collaboration with the National Handicraft Program (Bari) on several activities and programs that aim to bring life back to many Saudi handcrafts to highlight them as well as promoting them in the local market and selling them as traditional gifts to be given to guests from abroad.