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  2. Baby Jesus in a keffiyeh is a nativity trend at churches ...

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    Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...

  3. Olive wood carving in Palestine - Wikipedia

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    The Holy Family in olive wood. Beit Sahour, 2000. Olive wood is used because it is easier to carve than other woods and could be done accurately with simple hand tools. Also, it has a diverse variety of natural color and tonal depth, due to the annual structure. It is also resistant to decay and receptive to a number of surfacing treatments. [3]

  4. Palestinian handicrafts - Wikipedia

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    Olive wood camel made in Bethlehem. According to the Bethlehem municipality, olive-wood carving is thought to have begun in Bethlehem in the 4th century CE, following the construction of the Church of the Nativity. At the time, Christian monks taught how to make craft to the city's residents. Though its exact origins are obscure, one of the ...

  5. Mother-of-pearl carving in Bethlehem - Wikipedia

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    In the British Museum Workers in mother-of-pearl in Bethlehem. Photo taken 1900–1920 by American Colony, Jerusalem. Mother-of-pearl work from Bethlehem, as seen in a shop in Ramallah, 2012. Mother-of-pearl carving is a traditional handicraft in Bethlehem, and is said to have been brought to the city by Franciscan friars from Italy in the 15th ...

  6. Bethlehem - Wikipedia

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    Olive wood carvings [123] are the item most purchased by tourists visiting Bethlehem. [124] Religious handicrafts include ornaments handmade from mother-of-pearl, as well as olive wood statues, boxes, and crosses. [123] Other industries include stone and marble-cutting, textiles, furniture and furnishings. [125]

  7. Nativity scene - Wikipedia

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    Neapolitan presepio at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh Detail of an elaborate Neapolitan presepio in Rome. In the Christian tradition, a nativity scene (also known as a manger scene, crib, crèche (/ k r ɛ ʃ / or / k r eɪ ʃ /), or in Italian presepio or presepe, or Bethlehem) is the special exhibition, particularly during the Christmas season, of art objects representing the birth ...

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