Shilpa Abhimani National Handicrafts Awards have been given to 600 craftsmen who emerged winners of Handicrafts Competition held alongside SAARC Handicraft Exhibition in November 2016 in Sri Lanka. Over 30,000 participants took part in the first ever national handicrafts expo held in the country.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Minister of Industry & Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen and State Minister of Industry & Commerce Champika Premadasa attended the award distribution ceremony held in Polgolla earlier this month.
The winners were selected from varied handicraft segments – mats, fibres, jute, cotton, cane & bamboo, metal, masks & puppets, carvings, textiles & textile-based items, lace, lacquer works, wood-based crafts, leather crafts, stone-based crafts and paintings & sculptures and even specialized crafts such as Batik and Sri Lanka’s own Dumbara designs.
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Sri Lanka has a varied heritage for of traditional crafts and arts which is a combination of traditional and modern items of beauty with utility…
