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Miniature Houses!

Filed under: Yemen — by Jane Novak at 9:22 am on Saturday, February 11, 2006

I love miniature houses. I already have a collection, but American style.

YT: Ten years ago, it occurred to some Yemeni craftsmen that it would be good to depict the Old City in the form of miniature houses….The idea was welcomed greatly and thereafter, craftsmen began holding special workshops on making miniature houses. Both locals and tourists were eager for the models. Yemenis like to buy such houses as gifts and for special occasions. They like having miniature houses in their homes.

I wonder if there’s a website that sells them. That’s too cute.

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Comment by Jon

2/11/2006 @ 11:06 pm

I don’t know you could buy them, but they used to give to the first class passengers on Yemenia airlines. My wife collected them.

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Comment by Jane

2/11/2006 @ 11:09 pm

I checked on google for a website selling them but no luck. Maybe in Brooklyn…

I have half a cabinet of mini houses, now I want mini Yemeni houses for the other half.

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