Delhi Fair provides good opportunities
For Sri Lankan handicrafts:
Priyanka KURUGALA
The Delhi Heart Handicraft Exhibition and Trade Fair had provided a
good opportunity for craftsmen to earn around Rs 4.4 million. Every Sri
Lankan handcraft item offered at the fair were sold during the
exhibition period.
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Some of the Sri Lankan Craftsmen at the exhibition |
To introduce the global market to Sri Lankan craftsmen, the National
Craft Council organized the Delhi Heart Exhibition and Trade Fair in New
Delhi for the fourth time recently, a spokesman from the National Craft
Council, said.
The Delhi Heart Exhibition and Trade Fair was organized under the
sponsorship of Indian-Sri Lanka High Commissioner's Office and Indian
Handicraft Commissioner's Office, he said.
The exhibition was held under the participation of Indian Handicraft
Commissioner S S Gupta, Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam
and Indian Handicraft Commissioner's Office Director Rohith Baradwaj at
the Delhi Heart Handicraft Exhibition Centre.
Fourteen craftsmen participated in the Fair. There was a great demand
in India due to the high quality and high finishing of Sri Lankan
handcrafts, he said. |
