Traditional Handicrafts in Jazan Region

Jazan Province in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia abounds in many crafts and handmade industries, known since ancient times, and passed down through generations as one of the cultural heritages of the area, such as:

Pottery production, where craftsmen used red clay to make pottery, and provide cooking, eating, and drinking utensils, including "mifa or tannour" for cooking food types, the clay coffee pot "dalla", clay cups, "jarrah" for storing and cooling water, and "marqab", a hollow vessel used as a stove. 

Weaving of kurtah and women's clothing.

Making caps, palm frond products, jewelry, and handicrafts. 

Leather tanning.

Making Jazani chairs "alqadah".

Perfume blending, incense making, and perfume concentration with known aromatic plant scents in the area, such as "jasmine, marjoram, khuzama, narcissus, rose, kadi, chrysanthemum, shekab, khatoor, and wormwood".

Instrument making.

Henna tattooing.

Stone carving and manufacturing into useful shapes like "magash", "hasiya", "muthla", "sahaf", "fanajeel", and "strings".