A world of products at Global Village in Dubai

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A world of products at Global Village in Dubai. Gulf News explores the variety of trinkets from around the world that are on offer at Global Village in Dubai. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00I'm a resident, yes, and I bring family or friends, whoever comes to visit, I like to

00:24bring them to Global Village because it's a really, like my favorite place in Dubai.

00:29Oh, I buy all kinds of things, wonderful handmade crafts usually is what I look for, like handmade

00:39things like this or pottery, that sort of thing.

00:43I bought a plate because of the craft, because it's handmade.

00:48This handicraft comes from the Mughal Empire, but today only a few families left to make

01:02these things.

01:03This one is 200 dirhams, this is seven days' work for one box.

01:07This is a pure silver inlay, and sometimes I use silver sheet.

01:13We install like a handmade cushion cover, bed cover, and the seat cover, including also

01:19seat.

01:20We have also wall hanging also.

01:24This is beads work, you know, you'll see that, that the beads we are making also, the same.

01:29All thing are, we are handmade, wholesale price is five dirhams, retail price is ten

01:34dirhams.

01:36This is very famous, it's from Spain, from the west, southwest, Cáceres, one region

01:45in Spain, where they are very typical, the olive tree, and we make the olive oil, the

01:54olives, with anchovy flavor.

01:57I invite to people from Dubai, from wherever, from Middle East, from Europe, from Spain

02:04also, to come to Global Village and buy olive oil and typical products from Spain.

02:09These products are from Spain, from Toledo.

02:12It's damaskin from Toledo.

02:14Toledo is a famous city around Madrid, with a lot, a lot, and an old and long history

02:22about swords, and about plates, and about gold, okay?

02:28We make all the things in our shop by steel, this material, then we cover with this black

02:34material, and then we cover with pure gold.

02:37As you can take, we have also a lot of jewelry here, like accessories for the woman.

02:42And the most expensive thing we have here is this plate, it costs 36,000 dirhams.

02:49This is a typical animal in Spain for bullfighting.

02:55For that, it's 135,000 dirhams, the entry bull, and the head, almost 22,000 dirhams.

03:05This is the typical dress of the bullfighters.

03:11This one is 140.

03:14Yes, it's typical of Italy, and in different cities of Italy, we have a different kind

03:23of mask.

03:24So, this kind of mask comes from Venice.

03:27Here, we have two different kinds of masks.

03:30One is in plastic, like this one, Jolly model, or the masks in the middle are in paper mesh.

03:38The small one is in ceramic.

03:40Also, it's ceramic handmade, and hand-painted.

03:45This one, for example, is 150.

03:50So, this tissue box is made from a real shell.

03:53It came from the Philippines.

03:55So, we are selling for 50 dirhams.

03:57This is also a tissue box, but in another shape.

04:00And this is my sellable items.

04:02This small one, we are selling for 50 dirhams.

04:06This way, many people like of Pakistani.

04:09This handmade, many people wearing, many people liking.

04:14That's why I'm coming to Global Village, and I show you around the world my traditional item.

04:25You see, this is a stone I got, and silver, and the leather.

04:28And this is horned animals, you see.

04:31Another inside, I have one pieces.

04:33You see, this handmade.

04:37You see this one, this is a necklace.

04:39This is for the wedding, for women.

04:41This is a ticket for the wedding.

04:43In Yemen, it's for women like this.

04:47You see, this is for Bedouin.

04:49In Yemen, in Marib, in the city.

04:53Yemen honey is organic.

04:55There's no chemical inside, and we don't interfere about what the honeybees eat from.

05:02We leave them in the wild.

05:04We leave them to go away, and we come back again.

05:07There are different types of honey.

05:09Salam, Sumra, Sidra, Sidra Mountain, Spring Flowers, and Sal.

05:17The honeycote will start from 200 dirhams to 1,500 dirhams for one kilo.

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