Ahwaz’s capacity to become a global city of enameling
Sabine Mandaee are the followers of Hazrat Yahya (AS) who live in the city of Ahvaz and most of their profession is enameling; An art that dates back 5,000 years and is still alive, enameling is one of the special artistic disciplines of Khuzestan, which is performed by the religious minority of Sabine Mandaee. In the past, enameling was done, but now it is often done on jewelry.
Sabain enamel is very different from Isfahan enamel. The raw materials used in Mandaean enameling are gold and silver, and the motifs and images used in it are boats, palms, camels, elbows, bridges of Ahvaz, etc., and the only production area in the country and Khuzestan province is Ahvaz city. Ahvaz was recognized and registered in the country in July of this year as the National City of Mine Sabine and now the authorities have decided to introduce this valuable art to the world.
Deputy Minister of Industries, General Manager of Khuzestan Cultural Heritage, said at the meeting of Sabine Mandaean Miners held in Ahvaz: Ahvaz has been registered as a national city of enameling in the country and this is a great event for the province, but enameling in this city has the capacity to be introduced worldwide. Also has.
I would like to ask the craftsmen of this profession to help the city be introduced to the world as the global center of Sabine enamel mining, he said. He lamented the lack of introduction of Sabai craftsmen, saying: Communication with the leading artists of this industry is very weak and many of them are not as well known as they should be.
Ghasemi said: Although this art industry has a market and its artists also participate in domestic and foreign exhibitions, but if 5 artisans name Minabkar Sabai, I do not know them because they have not received an ID card from the cultural heritage.
Deputy Minister of Industries, Handicrafts, Director General of Khuzestan Cultural Heritage continued: It is a great responsibility on the shoulders of the Mandaean miners of Ahvaz. They can follow the lettering of one of the squares or streets of Ahvaz called Sanat-Honar-e-Minakari, which they are the creators of. Ghasemi said: Ahvaz has 4 entrances that can be followed by installing a welcome sign in the city of Minakaran Mandaee in one of them.
He said: We expect the craftsmen of this profession to follow up and have the necessary relations with organs such as the municipality, the governorate and the governorate. Saying that Sabine Mandaee has a great share in the prosperity of tourism in Ahvaz, the official said: Ahvaz enameling is a big part of the tourist attractions of Khuzestan and Ahvaz, and we hope to be able to look at this industry as an opportunity.