now on bbc news it's the travel show. this week on the travel show... mastering the tile with a style in morocco. you're doing a greatjob! am i doing a greatjob? well, i tried. 0k, down the hatch. nick tries out a 1,000—year—old delicacy in turkey. and we're talking tortoise on the coast of senegal. why is he called bill, can i ask? i because he arrived the month where bill clinton was elected. so you are named after a president! |

hello, and welcome to morocco and the historic city that's sometimes known as the country's cultural capital, fez. from its medinas and mosques to its madrassas, fez is steeped in cultural heritage — so much so that the medina of fez is listed as a world heritage site. mind—blowing! absolutely incredible. this is the attarine madrasa. it goes back to the 14th century, and it is perhaps the best example of what they call zellij. zellij is a style of

mosaic tile work made from individually hand—chiselled pieces that is found all across morocco, as well as parts of tunisia, algeria and southern spain. the detail — tiny, tiny detail. the art form dates back over 1,000 years, but the more intricate and colourful designs, which have become synonymous with moroccan architecture, were developed in the 14th century. despite its mixed origins and geographical spread, experts like fouad believe that zellij is a vital part

of his country's history and culture. authorities here have long wanted to formalise zellij's moroccan connection. it's not uncommon for countries to do this by gaining un—recognised intangible cultural heritage status. for example, the french recently achieved this with the humble baguette, as have jamaica with reggae music. but in the case of zellij, morocco went a stage further and insisted on having it patented. it's part of a drive to protect

the country's assets from cultural appropriation and commercialisation. we call it the positive protection, and that is just i travelled to a traditional workshop just outside the medina to find out just what goes in to this ancient process. how many of these do you think he does, every... every day? yeah. so, every day, it depends if, for example... he can make up to 1,000 pieces a day. has he ever banged his fingers? they chat no, never. never? sayyid's craft skills were learnt as a boy — and some zellij producers are worried that these techniques will not be passed down to future generations. and that's partly because pay and working conditions are not as attractive as in other industries. sayyid earns around

12 euros a day. so, as you've seen, he's doing this by hand as well. yeah, look at that. nothing else. wow — and, again, this is exactly the same way they've been doing this for hundreds of years. apprenticeships can take up to a decade. and for most people, it's a lifelong dedication. so we do have our artisans who work as a couple, 0k? the first one who is the one responsible of cutting the tile, as you're seeing here, with this specific type of stencil, 0k? you just take the shape of it, the design of it. he starts cutting it one by one, piece by piece, with a sharp hammer. i don't know who i think i am, but i'm going to have a go at trying to create a shape from this. and apparently you have to sit down exactly the way this guy was sitting down before. so here we go. it can take six months just to achieve the correct sitting position, let alone try to cut and shape the tiles.

you're doing a greatjob! am i doing a greatjob? oh, there we go. well, i tried. after assembling all the pieces, we'll bring them all the way to another artisan who is responsible of putting the pieces next to each other. every single piece, it's like a type of puzzle. so what does 0thmane think about morocco�*s successful claim of ownership of zellij? morocco is very well known when it comes to its culture and traditions, and the heritage, the culture of the heritage that we have, is typically moroccan, and those artisans that we're talking about are typically moroccan as well. as for the future, it's hoped that the craft — with its new protected status — will survive, thrive, and proudly proclaim "made in morocco".

now, if you're thinking of taking a trip to morocco finally this week, we're off to west africa on the trail of one nature lover who's celebrating 30 years of protecting some of the region's most vulnerable wildlife. some call him the father of the turtles and his work may have already rescued one species of terrapin from extinction. we sent emeline nsingi nkosi to meet him close to his home in senegal. about three hours�* journey south, away from the traffic and chaos of senegal�*s capital, the dust and aridity begins to give way to greenery. mangroves and, crucially, seagrass start appearing here along the coastline

and the wildlife becomes more abundant and precious for all number of reasons. turtles, tortoises and terrapins have been a big part of west african traditions and symbolisms and in some tribes, they are revered as being a good luck charm, a good omen — which is why it's so surprising that their numbers have been going down so much. all five species of sea turtles that nest on these beaches are endangered, thanks to fishing activities and pollution, but this man's made it his mission to save them. i'm going to put a tag and after that, we are going to let it go. 0h, let me remove that little sand for you. now, you can breathe clearly! why the tagging — i mean, why is it done? with that, we can track the migratory pattern for the animals. when we know that, we are going to be more accurate in the strategy we need to implement in order to save this species. ah! because the more you know

about the species, the more you are going to be able to save them. ifeel like i need to hold my breath. 0h, breathe in! does that hurt or is thatjust like getting your ears pierced? yeah, it's going to hurt but it's going to... save your life at the same time? yeah. tomas is about to celebrate 30 years of working with turtles in senegal. his work has brought him awards and recognitions from around the world. he's so gentle with it. i mean, he's — you can see that these turtles actually are his babies. that's quite an impressive sight — i've never seen it and i'm sure all of these people haven't either. everyone literallyjust ran down to the beach and see this release. 0n the outskirts of dakar, in the back yard of his dad's old farm, tomas has built this village of the tortoises.

it's popular with tourists and school groups but it's also a hospitalfor sick and injured turtles. you see the remains of the place where they dig or they draw a hole in order to put a rope to attach the turtle. wait, why was a rope attached to the turtle? yeah, because when you have them in captivity and you don't want them to dig in the middle of your lawn... oh, no! ..you want to have it like a rope in order to control the animals. but now, tomas is taking me to see the head honcho here. this is bill. so, does bill know you? no... would you say that he...? usually, turtles are not like dogs. they don't celebrate you like my dog celebrates me when i come back at home. 0k. but at the same time... and that is frustrating because i spend more time and more energy serving them than my dog. laughs. that is the reality.

he's between 70—80 years old, and he and tomas go way back. so, you saw bill in the zoo when you were a teenager? why is he called bill, can i ask? because he arrived the month where bill clinton was elected. so, you are named after a president. laughs. i hope you feel the weight of your name. yeah! you don't hear much about terrapins and tortoises but tomas has dedicated his life trying to correct that and make sure that they don't go extinct. and you know what? i've got a feeling that he just might win. so much colder weather on the way for all of us in the week ahead. we have seen so much rain and it will become relatively drier but arctic air plunges right the way across the uk in the coming 2a hours and my goodness, it will look different outside newbie drive but if you are

much different too because it will be cold. snow is a possibility for some to this week despite it's been relatively drier, will be playing with pinning down some other weather systems and this will run to the channel overnight tonight and the detail on what they will do, tonight looks pretty wet for southern counties of england and also a difficult winter towards the south east towards the night for the end of kent and we could see some snow on monday and certainly there will be a significant risk of ice. i was just about anywhere is expecting the widespread frost of snow showers to continue across north of scotland on into monday also. some parts of scotland would not get above freezing to the day and everywhere else will be much chillier than it is been of late. but actually with lighter winds. is been of late. but actually with lighterwinds. monday is been of late. but actually with lighter winds. monday to tuesday, same thing, a little weathered feature developing within a bigger area of low pressure running the show and always tricky depend on the smaller features of the moment for tuesdayis smaller features of the moment for tuesday is a potential for force and have your more persistent snow

somewhere across southern england do not take that positioning leaning towards the west literally because it is shifting as we head through model to model and basically, the smaller features do not exist within this big low yet but it is hard to track them to really shape up. by wednesday, i think uncertainty will be the salute to the east into the north sea in weather with drag any snow showers and to the north sea coast. current thinking is the shadows across northern scotland and running down into the i receive. for many of the week ahead, find weather with crisp blue skies and frosty starts and at the end of the week, potentially we will start to look towards the west for what systems to come back and again at the potential for things to turn to rain by friday and press distancing temperatures does lifting up a little as we approach next weekend. in the coming five days, in the months we are confident about, they'll be cold and frosty nights and the gulf or ice but pinning the details on the snow, bear with us and stay tuned.

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