Red carpet welcome? Saudi Arabia rolls out a lavender one for US president

No, don't telephone it purple. When President Donald Trump disembarked from Air Force One successful Saudi Arabia connected Tuesday, helium stepped onto the affluent lavender-colored carpet unfurled earlier him, conscionable 1 diagnostic of the lavish invited extended to the visiting American person connected the archetypal time of his Gulf tour. Along with a fighter-jet escort successful the aerial and riders connected Arabian horses connected the ground, the lavender carpet is 1 of the distinctive and symbolic Saudi protocols for greeting high-profile dignitaries. Saudi Arabia swapped reddish carpets for lavender successful 2021, arsenic the ruling royal household sought to specify its ain protocols and observe nationalist identity, according to a study by the authoritative Saudi Press Agency published astatine the time. "Lavender successful the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is associated with blossoming wildflowers that carpet the kingdom's godforsaken landscapes successful the outpouring and is simply a awesome of Saudi generosity," the study said. In spring, Saudi Arabia's rugged dunes are covered successful lavender, basil and Germander, a flowering shrub that grows crossed the Arabian Peninsula, besides known by the Arabic sanction "Aihan." The colour of the carpet is besides a motion to however the blooms alteration an different harsh godforsaken landscape, the study said, symbolizing the maturation that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has promised to make done his blueprint to diversify the system of the oil-dependent kingdom, called "Vision 2030."

The carpet features a borderline of the accepted Al Sadu textile design created by Bedouin women. The geometric patterns, tightly woven connected a manus loom, were included connected a database of the intangible taste practice of humanity compiled by the United Nations taste agency, UNESCO, successful 2020. Saudi Arabia archetypal rolled retired a lavender c...