Fajr festival showcasing handmade artworks

The 7th edition of the Fajr Handicrafts Festival has put on show a collection of selected handmade artworks made by Iranian artisans and craftspeople.

The exhibition officially opened to the public on Wednesday at the National Museum of Iran in downtown Tehran.

The opening ceremony was attended by Maryam Jalali and Ali-Asghar Shalbafian, who are respectively deputies for handicrafts and tourism at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts, and a number of cultural and tourism officials as well as the museum’s director Jebrael Nokandeh.

In addition to the selected artisans, a section of the festival is also dedicated to showcasing works by the veterans and leading masters in the handicrafts sector.

The festival will come to an end on February 23 at Tehran’s Milad Tower.

Earlier this month, Jalali said that cultural heritage and tourism can benefit from handicrafts and this festival because handicrafts are part of a nation’s roots and originality.

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