No, don’t refer to it as colored. Just one of the many amenities offered to the visiting United leader on the first day of his Gulf visit, President Donald Trump stepped onto the wealthy lavender-colored floor unfolding before him on Tuesday when he disembarked from Air Force One in Saudi Arabia. The purple carpeting is one of the unique and symbolic Royal customs for greeting high-profile officials, along with a fighter-jet bodyguard in the air and riders on Persian horses on the ground. According to a report from the standard Saudi Press Agency that was released at the time, Saudi Arabia switched from red carpets to purple in 2021 as the decision royal family sought to establish its own protocols and commemorate national identity. According to the review, “lavender in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is associated with blossoming flowers that floor the kingdom’s desert scenery in the flower and is a sign of Saudi generosity.” The rugged dunes of Saudi Arabia are covered in lavender, basil, and Germander, a flowering shrub that grows across the Arabian Peninsula and is also known as” Aihan.” The color of the floor also serves as a nod to how the petals enhance an otherwise barren desert environment, according to the report, referring to the progress that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has promised to bring about through his” Vision 2030″ framework to expand the economy of the oil-dependent country. The bedouin women’s traditional Al Sadu textile design is a border on the carpet. The unofficial list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, which was created by the United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, was released in 2020. The geometric patterns were tightly woven on a hand loom. Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, a significant Saudi partner in the Gulf, was the first to receive a lavender carpet from Saudi Arabia in 2021, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The carpet is also used for formal events like state receptions.
