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Craft Bazaar gets underway at Goa

20 May '06
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Craft Bazaar, inaugurated recently at Kala Academy, Panjim, Goa, showcased variety of products, including clothes, decorative showpieces and items of daily use.

The exhibition highlighted traditional Jaipuri paintings in natural colours, glowing radium stroke work and silver filigree (delicate ornamental work of fine silver wire) besides regular products, informed Rakesh Pande, Organiser of the exhibition.

Craft Bazaar also displayed products from Tamil Nadu as well as Haryana handloom, Punjabi phulkari dress material, Andhra Pradesh lace work, Khadi products, Kanpur footwear for gents, ladies and children, lac bangles, leather products from Kashmir and sarees from Lucknow.

Bedsheets of different variety including bed, cushion and pillow covers as well as TV and mobile covers were also part of the exhibition.

Novel products, such as wooden toys from Channapattanam near Bangalore, Bombay novelty jewellery, jute and leather bags, canned baskets, Mukhwas - the traditional mouth freshners, Kolkata dry flowers as well as terra cotta material and Feng Shui items, among others were also showcased.

Items of daily use amongst other things such as scents, perfumes, caps, goggles, combs, socks, cosmetics were also displayed at the Craft Bazaar.

The exhibition has around 50 stalls from 12 to 14 states along with couple of their artisans are also present at the venue. It is scheduled to remain open till end of month.

Discountof 20 percent has been announced on all handloom products, informed Akshay Das of Craft Bazaar.

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