You are cordially invited to the award-giving ceremony of World Crafts Council Award of Excellence for Handicrafts 2021-2022 Asia Pacific Region, as well as the Textile Festival Award (Uzbekistan). Dr. Susan Vize, Officer-in-Charge of UNESCO Bangladesh, will hand over the awards.

Details:
Monday 13 February 2023, 6 PM
Bengal Shilpalay, House 42, Road 27, Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1209

The WCC Award of Excellence for Handicrafts aims to encourage artisans to produce handicrafts that use traditional skills, patterns and themes in an innovative way, to ensure the continuity and sustainability of these traditions.  The range of submissions was highly diversified including woven and embroidered textiles, natural fibers, ceramics, wood carvings and inlay, metal work, stone carving, glass and other materials. The total of 152 submitted products originated from the six sub-regions of WCC-Asia Pacific Region, namely: West Asia (Iran, Kuwait), Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), South Asia(Bangladesh, India, Pakistan), South East Asia (Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand), East Asia (China) and South Pacific (Australia, New Zealand). In the period from May 21 to May 25, 2022, an event dedicated to the Award of Excellence for Handicrafts 2021-2022 was organized in Bukhara and the First International Festival of Gold Embroidery and Jewelry was timed to coincide with this event.

The winners are:

1. Mst. Runa and Prabartana for Lohori Runner (textile)
2. Ms. Silmat Chisti, Nobo Designs, and Mr. Jamal Hossain, Pakhi Weaving Factory, for Jamdani (textile)
3. Prokritee for Birdhouse (natural fibre)
4. Mr Mohammad Abdul Jabbar, the textile master from Bangladesh Textile Festival Award (Uzbekistan)