Village life

By combining the traditional agriculture with modern business, the DOBAG project prevents whole families and especially young people from migrating to the big cities. The project therfore not only helps to maintain traditional village life but also helps to combat a possible exodus from rural areas.

Even today the villagers live in self-built houses without running water or toilet facilities. In summer when the women are not weaving carpets they work in the fields. In the DOBAG region cotton harvest, wine- and olive-growing and tobacco cultivation are the main occupations.Anyone who has the chance to visit one of the villages in the cooperative, and enjoys the villagers' hospitality will discover that their food is almost as rich and colourful as their carpets.