Holy Land Bazaar offers beautiful spiritual keepsakes for you or to give as gifts to people you care about. The carvings and sculptures here are all made from olive wood from trees in the Bethlehem area and are environmentally friendly. The sculptors from Bethlehem only work with wood from branches that have to be pruned .
The Olive Tree is mentioned often in the bible. Besides its fabled oil for eating and burning for light, its trunks and branches offer wood artisans the perfect material for their carvings and creations. Olive wood souvenirs do not require much care. Olive oil naturally protects them from corrosion and changes of color. No two pieces can ever be alike just as no two snowflakes are alike.
Olive trees have covered the hills of this ancient land for all of recorded history. Nestled in the terraced groves, along hilltops or planted in the family garden for generations, the olive tree is a symbol of peace, prosperity, sustenance and hope. |
