June 10 Marks the World Handicrafts Day
Talking to Iran Daily, Pouya Mahmoudian, the director general of Handicrafts’ Export Office at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, added that the first specialized meeting of Western Asia Crafts’ Council would be held on June 20 with the participation of Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Algeria.
“The seven-day event will showcase crafts produced by domestic and foreign artisans in 405 pavilions,” he said, adding that foreign producers would display and sell their products in 10 pavilions.
Mahmoudian said the ‘Plaque of National Confidence in Handicrafts’ would be unveiled during the expo. It will be awarded to high quality handicrafts’ exhibitions, he added.
The official named woodworks, pottery, ceramic, traditional glassware, copper-made crafts, precious and semi-precious stones, kilim (flat tapestry carpet), carpet, miniature and tazhib (a kind of Persian painting used to decorate calligraphy) as Iran's main export items.
“The highest volume of items was exported to Germany, which was followed by Brazil, South Africa and Australia,” he said, adding Iranian crafts are exported to all continents.
He referred to Iraq, Georgia, Turkey, the Netherlands, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Tajikistan, Italy, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Japan, Qatar and Denmark as the main importers of Iranian crafts.
The World Handicrafts Council was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and 90 countries have already joined it.
The World Crafts Council (WCC), affiliated to UNESCO, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1964 to promote fellowship and foster economic development through income-generating craft-related activities. WCC offers encouragement, help and advice to craftsmen across the world. It is organized into five regions: Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America. The members of the WCC have marking the World Handicrafts Day (June 10) annually.
Iran is home to one of the richest art heritages and handicrafts in world history and distinguished in many disciplines, including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and stone masonry.
Persians were among the first to use mathematics, geometry, and astronomy in architecture and also have extraordinary skills in making massive domes which can be seen frequently in the structure of bazaars and mosques. Iran, besides being home to a large number of art houses and galleries, also holds one of the largest and valuable jewel collections in the world
میراث فرهنگی:Cultural Heritage روز جهانی صنایع دستی:World’s Handicrafts Day
هم زمان:concurrent مدیر کل دفتر صادرات صنایع دستی:the director general of Handicrafts’ Export Office نمایشگاه:Fair
