City Reporter
A two-day multihued “Hunarmand Crafts Mela-2020”, organized under the supervision of Sindh Indigenous & Traditional Crafts Company (SITCO), in collaboration with Endowment Fund Trust (EFT), an initiative sponsored by the Sindh government concluded at Arts Council of Pakistan, on Sunday. The Craftsman fair was aimed at promoting beautiful traditional handicrafts of the province that included decorative domestic objects, ornaments, pottery, clothing and other objects. Artisans from far-flung areas of the province put on display their handmade attractive and eye-catching articles including, ornaments, pottery, hand-woven clothes and blankets, handmade jeweler, quilts stitched by hand, clothing and ceramics. More than 100 artisans put on display their handmade products. Besides, food stalls were also set up that offered traditional cuisines. People from all walks of life poured in to attend the handicrafts fair. Showing their love for traditional handicrafts they purchased a lot of their favorite articles directly from the artisans on both days of the fair. The Sindh Indigenous and Traditional Crafts Company had been sponsored and established by Sindh Culture Department with an aim of reviving those handicrafts of the province which were dying. SITCO bore the lodging and boarding expenses of artisans and they were also given the stalls free of cost. People, especially women interested in handicrafts and clothing included lawn and silk suits, block printing, gota Kinari, Chunri, Woolen Shawls, Khaddar, sussi came in number to see and purchase alluring articles on display. They also showed their interest in crafts of baskets, table sets, basketry, bead work, pottery, ceramics, metal work, wooden artifact, carpet, stone carving and other stuff made up of palm trees’ branches and leaves.
