Ever wondered why Persian Carpet is famous worldwide or why they say it has the best quality among carpets? Well, it should have something to do with its history and origin.

You can find Persian Carpet in every Persian house! In all shapes and colors and types. These beautiful rectangular carpets, that is called "Farsh" or "Ghali" in Persian, are full of interesting and symbolic patterns. Sometimes they tell old stories about Persian heroes and myths; Persian kids spend so much time looking at these patterns and figures and playing with White Dew from Shahnameh and always manage to defeat them!

Persian Carpets represent cultural elements of different Iranian ethnic groups. These carpets are usually handmade. What is fascinating about these handmade carpets is that most of them do not even have a written pattern. The carpet-weaver lady (it's traditionally a lady's job) weaves a rug out of her fabulous imagination! Isn't it amazing?

We have various types of Farsh and things that look like Farsh such as Gelim and so on. But it is totally fine to call all varieties Carpet. Just remember, you cannot walk with shoes on Carpets in most Persian houses! So, just ask your host before getting in.

If you like more about Persian carpet --e.g. its pattern, symbols, history, how to weave it or anything related to that-- you can visit Carpet Museum in Tehran. It is a really good place to learn about this magnificent Iranian handicraft.