Choosing the right artistic gifts from Lebanon

If you're really interested in looking for gifts for anybody from Lebanon, all you have to do is go to the craftsmanship of your old, great and glorious civilization and history. All through the ages, the traders from Tyre, Balbek and Phoenician traders, plied their trade as well as their craftsmanship all over the world and the influence of Babylon, Egypt, Greece, as well as other countries coming to trade and staying to admire can be seen from the artistic work, which is still passed on through centuries, from fathers to sons, who happened to be proud of their craftsmanship and skill.

If the person you want to give something precious and memorable to happens to be artistic, you can always present him with a Phoenician design. Phoenician designs in the shape of a horseshoe and an eye to ward off the evil eye are also very popular for sending as gifts. When I was in Beirut, I bought a large number of loose beads in glass and wood, a needle and some strong thread and spent a very happy Sunday, making up bracelets, necklaces as well as earrings with those beads as beautiful gift items. If you happen to have plenty of time at your leisure and are artistic, inventive and resourceful, let your creative juices flow. There might even be an off chance that you might be so tempted to keep those items yourself that you do not give them away at all! But if you are always in a hurry like 80% of us workaholics are, you can always buy beaded jewelry and other bead items from the shops, either online or around you. If you happen to be living in Lebanon, you might be quite familiar with the excellent brass ware and glassware.

The history of the great brass bells which are used for ringing in the holy places happens to be quite interesting. During the medieval times, the misguided and fanatical people who had come from Europe in their quest to take over the holy land found themselves here in Lebanon without any means of financial support. They had the skill to work in brass and they began to cast brass bells and started blowing glass to make glass bottles. This tradition has been passed down through the centuries to the sons from the fathers. And they seem to be very happy doing this fascinating and skillful work.

There is also a very interesting tradition, that of distilling the essence of oil and perfumes. Everybody who lives in the Orient knows that the best perfumes came from Lebanon and they were sent all over the world by merchants. So light up her life by sending her this precious and valuable scent.


Written by Mia Phillips for www.hadayalebanon.com where you can find more about Online Gift Lebanon