Mother of Pearl
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Piccirillo Handicraft Center
Piccirillo Handicraft Center was established and developed in the year 2014 as a project of “John Paul II Foundation in partnership with the Custody of The Holy Land” to sustain the traditional handicrafts of Bethlehem through training artisans and young people the art of “Mother of Pearl, Olive wood and Ceramic”, then since 2017 and as a social economic need for the most people in need, it was developed to create jobs for them and teaches them the restoration techniques of ancient mother of pearl masterpieces, some of which are exposed in our show room, currently we have 20 people that are working in the center with a huge possibility to create jobs for more.
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