Round 1 of Bo Jo Bo controversy goes to Saipan Handicraft

Round 1 of Bo Jo Bo controversy goes to Saipan Handicraft Saipan Tribune Tuesday, January 24, 2014 In the ongoing litigation relating to the Bo Jo Bo Wishing Doll, Saipan Handicraft won its first victory last Jan. 17 when Chief Judge Alex R. Munson of the United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands […]

UDNR trainees tour downtown Yangon

UDNR trainees tour downtown Yangon YANGON, 21 Jan— Trainees of the No 37 Course (BEd) of the University for Development of National Races this morning visited the Memorial to Fallen Heroes on Arzani Road in Bahan Township and laid a wreath there. Afterwards, they paid homage to Shwedagon Pagoda and made cash donation. They proceeded […]

Traditional villages prepare for Tet

Traditional villages prepare for Tet HA NOI — Traditional handicraft villages have learned from experience that the Tet (lunar new year) holiday period presents a boom time for business and many local artists have been busy for months getting their goods ready to make the most of the weeks of frenetic shopping before the holiday. […]

Yemeni Dance Stuns Cairo Crowds

Yemeni Dance Stuns Cairo Crowds By Observer Staff Jan 21, 2014 SANA’A – Traditional Yemeni Bara dancers drew large crowds in Cairo at the Second National Cultures Festival, held in the shadow of the pyramids in the Egyptian capital last week. Large numbers of Arab and foreign tourists gathered near a model of the Ancient […]

Fading traditional woodblock New Year pictures show increasing signs of revival

Fading traditional woodblock New Year pictures show increasing signs of revival As traditional lunar New Year is imminent, the 60-year-old Li Shunyi in Jinan, east China’s Shandong Province was joyous to see his son’s new apartment get decorated with traditional woodblock New Year pictures that symbolize peace, fortune and good-luck but are on the verge […]

Awareness camp on handicrafts

Greater Kashmir - Jan 19 9:48 AM Srinagar, Jan 19: To boost Kashmir handicrafts, which play a pivotal role in providing employment to a big chunk of population in the state, an awareness camp-cum seminar was organized by Induscos Co-operatives in collaboration with School of Designs, department of Handicraft in Madre Meharaban Complex Miskeen Bagh, Srinagar today. […]

Japanese handicraft

Chennai Online, India The Consulate-General of Japan at Chennai, ABK-AOTS Dosokai, Tamil Nadu Centre, Chennai, in association with Japan Foundation, Tokyo, organised the Japanese Handcrafted Form: Traditions and Techniques exhibition from January 9h to January 17 at Lalit Kala Akademi, Greams Road, Chennai. The exhibition introduced Japanese traditional arts and crafts, which have developed within the […]

Prime Minister promises help with Assam`s infrastructure

Business Standard Press Trust Of India / Guwahati/ Margherita (Assam) January 19, 2014 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said improvement of transport infrastructure in Assam would act as “a bridge” for import and export activities with neighbouring south asian countries of Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.   Speaking at a programme on augmentation and expansion of production […]

Tertiary sector bolsters Tibet economy

People’s Daily China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has been restructuring its industries in recent years. In 2005, the tertiary sector takes accounted for about 57 percent of Tibet’s GDP, according to local government. Agriculture and livestock husbandry was the backbone industry in Tibet before the 1990s, the second industry – handicraft – was underdeveloped, and tertiary […]

Weigh-in begins Thursday for Karnes youth show

January 18, 2014 Victoria Advocate KARNES CITY – The 20th annual Karnes County Youth Show is set for a three-day run beginning Thursday at the show barn off U.S. Highway 181. More than 200 hogs are entered in this year’s show, along with 52 halter steers, 31 heifers, and 14 commercial steers. The show will […]