Familiarity with the inventor of embossed kilims in Iran
The Deputy Minister of Handicrafts of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Ilam Province announced the approach of the young and academic generation of the province to different fields of handicrafts in the last one or two years and said: It’s growing.
Nur al-Din Mohseni said: In the past, only older craftsmen were active in this field and produced handicrafts only in its traditional form. With the arrival of the younger generation, a combination of traditional and modern works and the production of new products was formed. The province’s handicrafts were transformed and prospered.
He informed about the activity of more than 10 thousand handicraft craftsmen in the province and added: this number of craftsmen are active in 30 fields and 120 handicraft production workshops are set up in the province.
The Deputy Minister of Handicrafts of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Ilam Province, pointing out that among the fields of handicrafts, kilim is the prominent role of origin and birthplace of Ilam province, said: It is the functions of the city of Chardavol that created it from a combination of carpets and kilims.
Mohseni continued: After the introduction of this product to the ministry, the product was registered in the name of the province and Ilam was named the national city of kilim relief and in our effort to be recorded as the world’s leading relief kilim city.
Regarding the good consequences of registering and nationalizing the prominent kilim for the province, he said: Sales of this special product of the province, after registration, increased several times.
Regarding Jajim’s product, the official said: This product used to be traditionally used as a laundry, but now it is used in combination with the creations made in different products, which is very new, beautiful and marketable.
Mohseni added: The great potential of Mehran border and Arbaeen market has created a great opportunity for handicrafts in the province. In the last two years, the establishment of handicraft stalls along with the Arbaeen processions has helped to sell these products, so that the number of applicants for stalls has increased significantly.
He announced the announced statistics of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts for the export of handicraft products from the Mehran border to be more than $ 50 million and added: the luggage export of some handicraft products is underway.