Now they can get involved in guiding, selling handicrafts, boat driving and working as porters.
It is also, surprisingly, a renowned spot to buy handicrafts and artisan goods such as tapestries and ceramics.
' And we'll create new jobs, not just in farming or handicrafts but in e-commerce.
Nasreen offers to take me to the factory to see where her employees make the handicrafts.
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Siwan handicrafts are renowned and the shops display hand-woven rugs and trinkets fashioned from rock salt.
The most visible emblem of Kihnu culture remains the woolen handicrafts worn by the women of the community.
The women are taught how to make handicrafts and they sit in groups chatting and laughing as they learn.
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The lights help moms work on handicrafts at night-time to earn some income and get kids to study after sun fall.
Kihnu women thus have become the principal custodians of the cultural traditions embodied in numerous songs, games, dances, wedding ceremonies and handicrafts.
Hundreds of skilled women employed by the handicrafts industry lost their jobs.
The ritual combines knowledge of agriculture, food processing, handicrafts (costumes, tools and musical instruments) and the construction of houses and fishing dams.
Several factory spaces have been converted into research centers, conference halls and warehouses, which store antique handicrafts salvaged from remote provinces of China.
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He has made them profit-sharing partners with a stake in the business--a step unheard of among Singapore dealers of handicrafts from the outback.
The only industry is bead necklaces, animal figurines and other handicrafts fashioned by the 170 or so Guarani Indians who constitute Krukutu's population.
In contrast, the Saturday Walking Street is developing a reputation of having more authentic handicrafts and being less commercial than the Sunday Walking Street.
In 2009, Basnet started a program to teach the parents how to make handicrafts, which she sells to raise money for the children's care.
But without it, there will be no burgeoning of the job-creating factories that India needs, making clothes, handicrafts, shoes, processed food and so on.
Over the past 15 years the lead has gradually disappeared, thanks to the efforts of Fonart, a government entity that promotes handicrafts, and various NGOs.
The sole "industry" is the manufacture of cheap handicrafts for tourists.
Originally from Quebec, Angers lived in Vancouver for 15 years where she ran an import and wholesale business, buying, designing and selling jewelry, handicrafts, and furniture.
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There will also be displays of master craftsman-made lanterns in several locations, including Victoria Park's Lantern Wonderland, where there will also be a market selling handicrafts and festive foods.
Tourism gives locals employment as guides, porters and drivers, gives income to shops, hotels and restaurants in the towns and provides indigenous villagers with a market for their handicrafts.
Displays of local handicrafts, plus colorful throw pillows (their cases made from native rugs), help to create a design scheme reminiscent of the best of Santa Fe.
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Activities include undertaking pilot projects on intangible cultural heritage, improving educational and cultural policies, holding public debates and providing technical assistance to the tourism and handicrafts industries.
The late John Bissell had been a buyer for Macy's when he came to India in 1958 on a Ford Foundation grant to advise a government-run handicrafts institution.
There is also racing of purebred Arabian salukis, the slender sight-hound that is one of the world's most ancient breeds of domesticated dog, as well as handicrafts displays.
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The beautiful colonial house with ample courtyard and garden space is still a centre for Mayan research and a base to sell handicrafts produced in outlying indigenous communities.
But because foreign visitors are scarce, the handicrafts are exported.
This celebration of music, dance, handicrafts, gastronomy, religious ceremonies and feasting takes place in honour of three Catholic saints: Saint Anthony Abbot, Our Lord of Esquipulas and, most importantly, Saint Sebastian.
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