Antalya, Turkey, Aug 10 (EFE), (Camera: Erdem Sahin).- Workers in southern Turkey were laying out handmade carpets in the sun on Friday as part of their coloring process.<br />Stunning drone imagery captured by an epa-efe journalist showed the roughly 30,000 elaborately-patterned rugs being rolled out onto sun-kissed fields owned by carpet-making companies in the Dosemealti district of Antalya.<br />The reason for laying the carpets out in this way was to soften their coloring towards more pastel shades.<br />Weaving carpets, which decorate the floors and walls of homes across the country, is a process that has traditionally been undertaken by women.<br />The items play an important part in Turkish cultural tradition.<br /> <br />SHOT LIST: FOOTAGE OF CARPETS LAID OUT UNDER THE SUN. NO AUDIO.<br /> <br />Keywords: efe,epa,turkey,economy
