Bookbinding & Gilding
Bookbinding & Gilding
A handicraft that binds books and manuscripts and adorns them with fine gold ornament, devoted to keeping texts safe from one generation to the next.
All traditional arts
A visual and cultural journey through Saudi identity — its handicrafts, its performing arts, and its enduring earthen architecture.
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At the Royal Institute of Traditional Arts we believe that safeguarding our cultural heritage begins with passing it to the next generation — teaching its particular beauty, and taking pride in it as a foundation for a future we share.
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