National Handicraft Development Corporation limited is organising an exhibition in steel city with the view to encouraging handicraft and local artisans. Tittled ‘Silk Fab’ exhibition was inaugurated at Bistupur by city DSP Kartik S.
As many as 130 organisations from 15 States are participating in the exhibition. Two noted weavers having received national award for special designs will also be there during the exhibition. The exhibition will be held till October 11. It will be open from 11 am till 8 pm.
The organisers said there are around 65 lakh people in the country who are directly or indirectly benefitted from the handicraft sector. Handicraft is the second largest sector in the country after agriculture. The role of tradition and family art forms is crucial in the preservation and development of the handicraft sector in the country, said the organisers.
The Centre is working on many schemes with a view to encourage the traditional artisans and presrve the handicraft sector. It has started handloom mark scheme with an aim to render a unique identity to the handicraft types. Many varieties of handicraft art are being included in the list of traditional handicraft forms by the Government, said the organisers.
The handicraft exhibition will showcase various valued products including Kosa Silk, Bomkai, Tasar, Kantha, Madhubani Print, Baluchari, Tangai, Tribal Work, Garhwal, Dharmavaram, Pochampalli, Moonga Silk, Printed silk saris, Gathjod, Patola, Chintamani, Kasturi Work, Karnataka Silk, Chanderi, Maheshwari, Paithani, Puna Sari, Bandhej, Kanjivaram, Tachi, Jamdani and Jamvar or Banarasi.