Iran’s Kalpourgan, first handicraft village in world

First handicraft village in the world registered by World Crafts Council lies in the Iranian southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Iran is the land of wonders and Kalpourgan village is an astonishing case in point where the residents make hand-made pottery through a primitive and very simple method developed thousands of years ago that makes the potter’s art unique.

The interesting feature of the earthenware objects hailing from Kalpourgan is their handles. Unlike present-day pottery, these handles are even more resistant than the vessels themselves. The earthenware designs with abstract symbols on the pottery also take us way back in time.

The nimble-fingered artisans, mostly women, shape the pottery with no potter’s wheel, a machine with a horizontal spinning disc on which clay is shaped.

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