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Hidden behind the narrow lanes of the old city lie the tanneries of Fès, where leather is being treated as it has been for centuries.
I can see the process from beginning to end. I see new bunches of skin arrive at the other side of the river, I see the preparative white vats where the skin will rest for a few days in a mix of water and lime to get rid of hairs and flesh. Then, they are hung or laid down to dry, and after that they make their final move to one of the huge vats with all the colours you could want, dark yellow and blue, with predominantly reddish colours in different shades. The people foing this work have been doing it since medieval times, and the profession is still passed from generation to generation. Not surprisingly, it is an exclusively male profession.
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