Beaded Handicrafts
To centralise and better organize the industry, the government has also set up the concept of 'Towns of Excellence', which provides recognition to production clusters where handicrafts have been traditionally produced. There are today 35 urban 'Haats' all over the country, allowing for allotment of built-up stalls to artisans on a fortnightly rotation basis at nominal rentals.
The industrial revolution and the increasing productivity have cast a shadow on the quality of arts and crafts. But for some decades now, the scenario of art and crafts has changed and people are no longer obsessed by machine-made products. Presently handicrafts are being adopted as vocational media and it is also opted for the leisure pursuit and style statement. Crafts and craftspeople have a vital role to play in contemporary India – not just as part of its cultural and aesthetic past, but as part of its economic future.
To centralise and better organize the industry, the government has also set up the concept of 'Towns of Excellence', which provides recognition to production clusters where handicrafts have been traditionally produced. There are today 35 urban 'Haats' all over the country, allowing for allotment of built-up stalls to artisans on a fortnightly rotation basis at nominal rentals.
The industrial revolution and the increasing productivity have cast a shadow on the quality of arts and crafts. But for some decades now, the scenario of art and crafts has changed and people are no longer obsessed by machine-made products. Presently handicrafts are being adopted as vocational media and it is also opted for the leisure pursuit and style statement. Crafts and craftspeople have a vital role to play in contemporary India – not just as part of its cultural and aesthetic past, but as part of its economic future.
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