An exhibition for handicrafts and rural women’s products held in Lattakia

“Ramadan Brings Us Together” exhibition for hand made products, traditional crafts, heritage professions and rural women’s products opened on Sunday at the Apamea Mall in Lattakia province.

The event, which will last for the third day of Eid al-Fitr, is held by the Ministry of Tourism in cooperation with the Lattakia Governorate.

More than 60 participants, who are owners of small projects and handicrafts, as well as the Department of Rural Women and Handicrafts and the Syria Trust for Development are participating in the exhibition.

The exhibits include a wide variety of traditional handmade, cosmetic, craft, heritage, household, food manufacturing and other products.

Director of Latakia Tourism, Fadi Nizam, indicated, in a statement to a SANA reporter, the continued support for organizing such exhibitions due to their importance in highlighting the tangible and intangible heritage.

He underlined the need to pay more attention to establishing a heritage incubator in the city of Lattakia to be  added  to the tourist attractions that characterize the governorate.

Head of the commercial department at the Syrian Trading  in Lattakia, Eng. Wassim Yassin, noted the diversity of the exhibits  that reach from the producer directly to the consumer at competitive prices and good discounts, pointing to the Syrian trading ’s support for small local projects.

Head of the Rural Women Empowerment department at  the Lattakia Agriculture Directorate, Eng. Rabab Wardah, indicated that the products vary between food manufacturing projects, juice production, pomegranate molasses, carob, pickles, grains, aromatic plants, honey, and dried goods, in addition to handicrafts  pieces, including accessories, recycling products, crochet, all kinds of soap, shampoo, and others.

She pointed out that the department works to develop and empower women through various programs to market their products, in addition to training them in various manufacturing methods, with the aim of securing sources of income for families and increasing production.

For her part, Director of Small and Medium-sized  Enterprises Development, Kenana Adra, considered the exhibition as a platform to display the products of small projects and handicrafts, such as glass painting, crochet, and natural laurel products. It also constitutes an opportunity for direct communication between the producer and the consumer, which contributes to supporting the national economy and re-circulating the wheel of production.

A number of participants stressed  the importance of this exhibition to introduce and market their products , exchange expertise and highlight the Syrian deep-rooted archaeological landmarks and immortalize them through art.

Rawaa Ghanam

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