Kermanshah has 20000 handicraft artists
The Deputy Head of Handicrafts of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism of Kermanshah Province announced the activities of 20,000 artists in various fields of handicrafts in the province.
On the occasion of World Handicrafts Day, Hossein Veisi, referring to the activities of 20,000 handicraft artists in Kermanshah, said: This number of artists work in about 65 handicrafts.
He added: Despite the multiplicity of handicrafts, we have more productions and artists in some of these disciplines, including the Hersin kilim, the Giove Oramanat, the Dalhousie metal tools, and traditional stage instruments.
The head of the province’s deputy for handicrafts said that the lack of a market is one of the problems for handicraft artists in the province. We will have a province.
He added: In addition, we plan to set up temporary markets for the sale of handicrafts on weekends, and to create this capacity for artists in various fields of handicrafts to offer and sell their products.
Weiss also pointed to the problem of insurance for handicraft artists, adding: Although the issue of discontinuing handicraft artists’ insurance is a national issue that happened a few years ago, we have done a lot of follow-up at the ministry level so that we can re-insure them. Given that these pursuits are still ongoing, we hope to reach a conclusion soon.
He reminded of the damage of 11 billion Tomans of Corona to the handicrafts of the province, and said: in the discussion of the prevalence of Corona disease, the field of handicrafts was one of the areas that suffered a lot of damage, in this regard, facilities have been considered to help handicraft artists. Has been.
The head of the province’s handicrafts department announced: Last year, the province’s handicraft artists sold 12 billion and 910 million tomans for handicraft products, and this year the prevalence of corona disease has damaged their sales, so we will have the necessary support from them.
At the end of issuing licenses for 58 new workshops, training 527 employees, issuing 1745 identification cards, issuing 962 individual production licenses, standardizing seven workshops, training 2765 people, issuing 259 home business licenses and trying to revitalize Namadmali, Arghavan. Weaving and weaving are among the most important handicrafts in the province last year.