The south of Hamadan province is strong in the field of handicrafts
Handicrafts are handmade products using simple tools and instruments that are made according to a design and often include works of traditional art and decorative arts.
This type of industry is usually derived from the culture, art, taste and insight of the people of each ethnic group or region, which is produced using indigenous raw materials and plays a cultural and identity role for a nation.
In the world calendar, June 10, coinciding with the 20th of Khordad, has been named as the World Handicrafts Day. Our country is known for its variety and variety of handicrafts, and Hamedan is always eloquent due to its unique types of handicrafts. To say that history, culture and art of this ancient city testify to this claim.
On the pretext of this day, we are following the speeches of the Deputy Minister of Handicrafts of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism of Hamadan Province.
Hashem Mazaheri adds: Despite the global city of Laljin with more than 1,200 handicraft production workshops and more than 200 stores, as well as Tuyserkan and Malayer, which have more than 17,000 handicrafts workers in the field of furniture inlays, Hamedan is one of the top five handicraft provinces. Is counted.
He states: Iran has been ranked first in the world in terms of having global handicraft cities, and Hamedan is ranked first in the country in terms of the number of global cities.
Mazaheri explains: The highest volume of Iranian pottery exports belongs to Lalejin city. Also, the highest volume of wood products production is related to Hamedan province. And Laljin are in the province, Hamedan’s capabilities in this field are very high.
He talks about the prominent and indigenous disciplines of Hamedan: pottery and ceramics, leather products, furniture inlays, kilim weaving, cutting precious stones, pearl weaving, traditional embroidery and about 75 side disciplines are active in the province.
The Deputy Minister of Handicrafts of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism of Hamadan Province continues: There are 28,800 registered workshops in the province, of which 43,540 are active in various fields and the southern part of the province is more powerful, such as Malayer, Tuyserkan and Nahavand. They are from the rest.
Export $ 35 million in handicrafts
He said that the average export of the province has grown every year, adding that there are two types of formal and informal exports, which are informally the same as luggage exports and are officially exported from customs. Its millions of dollars were for pottery.
Mazaheri points out: So far, 15 large exhibitions of handicrafts or approved by the country have been held in Hamedan, and about 80 small exhibitions are held annually, and last year we had an international exhibition.
He also talks about leather products: Traditional workshops in this field are more limited than in the past and the industrial method has replaced it, but this industry still exists in Hamedan and the number of industrial leather workshops has increased and currently there are 71 active leather workshops in Hamedan. has it.
Activities of 20 handicrafts in Malayer
Jalili announced the holding of a strategic meeting in this regard with the relevant officials and the board of directors of Malayer inlaid furniture market and said: Currently, there are 20 handicrafts in Malayer, the most important of which is inlaid furniture.
He states: This exhibition has been launched by the private sector in three floors with an investment of more than 10 billion Tomans.
Jalili points to the activities of 5,000 inlaid sofa workshops in the city with direct employment for 9,000 people and indirect employment for 25,000 people: the global registration of Malayer inlaid furniture marked a huge leap in the production and supply of this product.
He goes on to say that there are 1,800 people working in other fields of handicrafts in Malayer: in the whole city, 10,800 people are active in the field of handicrafts, which is directly 13.5 percent and indirectly 32 percent share. They have a job in Malayer.
The head of Malayer’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department specializes in the work of skilled Malayeri artists in a variety of handicrafts, including engraving, pearl weaving, embroidery, traditional embroidery, gemstone cutting, leather, inlaid embroidery, doll weaving, carpet weaving and more. .. Announces and states: A total of 1,500 of these artists are covered by insurance.
Activities of 250 home handicraft workshops in Asadabad
The head of Asadabad Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department also announced the activity of 250 home handicraft workshops in this city and told ISNA: Asadabad handicrafts home workshops employ 250 more people in the field of pottery painting (enameling). ) Gemstones and semi-precious stones, embroidery and leather are in operation.
Kamran Akbar Shaygangan also considers the number of handicraft workshops in the city to be 14 and continues: These workshops have received more than 1 billion and 500 million Tomans from rural and nomadic jobs and are currently providing 25 jobs to 25 people. Direct employment and 40 direct employment.
He mentions enameling, wood inlaid furniture and plastering as the most important handicraft workshops in the city and reminds: two wood inlay furniture workshops are active in Vandarabad village in the central part of Asadabad and employs a total of seven people. It is created and their high quality products are exported to neighboring provinces as well as Iraq.
Akbari-Shayegan considers enameling as one of the most successful handicrafts in Asadabad city and adds: Enamel products (painting on pottery) of Asadabad city are sent for sale to all provinces of the country.
He points out that every year, educational credits are allocated to cultural heritage to educate students and educational classes. The purpose of the credit should be to form a city planning committee.