The largest and most active segment of the global crafts entity, the World Crafts Council, has heaped praise on the Lankan crafts sector saying that it is proud to have an influential member like Sri Lanka’s National Crafts Council with it.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s latest arts and crafts event Shilpa Abhimani has netted sales exceeding Rs 6 million by its closing day on Sunday.
“We are proud of have an influential and effective member organisation like Sri Lanka’s National Crafts Council that embraces and promotes the mission of World Crafts Council,” declared President of the World Crafts Council-Asia Pacific Region (WCC-AP) Ghada Hijjawi Qaddumi on October 4 at BMICH in Colombo.
WCC’s Qaddumi was addressing the launch event of Shilpa Abhimani 2017 (the international level arts, crafts festival and exhibition which included an International Crafts Festival) which was joined by President Maithripala Sirisena, Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen, State Minister of Industry and Commerce Champika Premadasa and Chairperson of National Crafts Council Heshani Bogollagama.
WCC is the only global voice for craftspeople the world over and closely works with UNESCO. The Shilpa Abhimani 2017 has netted sales exceeding Rs six million by its last day Sunday (without counting in sales by its foreign participants).
The total number of visitors to the event as of noon October 8 was at 13000. 1,000 craft persons displayed 1,200 items and another 100 exhibitor stalls (of which 20 are by foreign participants from Iran, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh and Kuwait) in this event by the National Crafts Council of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The highlight of Shilpa Abhimani 2017 launch was the presence of President of the World Crafts Council-Asia Pacific Region (WCC-AP) Ms Ghada Hijjawi Qaddumi who is also a reputed global scholar.
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