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Friday, August 28, 2009 - 8.48 GMT

Sri Lanka comes to Dilli Haat

 

The “Shilpa Sri Lanka-2009”, a ten-day exhibition showcasing traditional art and modern handicrafts that are symbolic of Sri Lanka’s scenic beauty and its multi-ethnic and multi-cultural diversity is now at Dilli Haat in India.

The show is being hosted by the National Crafts Council of Sri Lanka in association with the Sri Lankan High Commission in India, the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau and the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) of the Government of India.

It is being attended by 19 award-winning crafts-persons from Sri Lanka. Their creations include lacquer ware, wood carvings, masks, hand-made wooden toys, reed and rush products, cane products, lace products, batik, ceramic, stoneware, velvet, paintings, jewellery and hand-made paper products.

The exhibition was inaugurated on Wednesday by the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Government of India, Sanjay Agarwal, and the Acting High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in India, Palitha Ganegoda.

 



 

 


 
   
   
   
   
   

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