Arjwan team: 15 crafts meet in a corner filled with art and originality at the handicraft stand at the Damascus International Fair

Damascus-Sana

Supported craftsmanship printed time imprinted on the imprint of originality and originality manufactured Vtqnt to reap admiration and astonishment such as those on the faces of visitors to the handicraft stand at the Damascus International Fair full of beautiful details adorned with decoration and colors.

A variety of arts and crafts collected by the Orjwan Barakneh team, located in the 19th stand of the handicrafts, formed a special forum for more than 15 crafts to revive them and highlight the value and importance of these artifacts representing Syrian heritage and culture.

The team seeks to attract trainees and teach them a number of traditional crafts, including the pressure on the "Agamy copper icon Byzantine copper plastic Fine amber engraving and burning and dissolving cloth Manual swimming pools inlays wood with copper, silver and precious stones."

On the goal of participating in the Damascus International Fair, the memory of one of the participants of the team showed in a statement to SANA that the presence of crafts and definition to attract trainees aims to highlight the history and civilization of the Syrian crafts, indicating that lists are created for those wishing to learn these crafts from visitors to the exhibition to be later communicated with them and establish Special courses for each craft.

Zekra, which depicts the Byzantine icon, shows that it is a church art that starts with wood and has special schools, including Damascene and Aleppo, which gave the Byzantine icon its oriental features of brown skin and oriental dress, and introduced them to Arabic writings.

The sound of roads on copper invites you to get acquainted with this craft, which Reem al-Dimashqy describes as difficult and accurate.``We use copper strips that lack a certain geometry and we touch them lightly to make them in a variety of forms, '' she said, pointing out the importance of participating in the Damascus International Fair as an opportunity to introduce these crafts and display the manufactures in front of its visitors.

As for the decoration of wood on the plant or as it is called Al-Ajmi is spoken by the craftsman Maher Baraka, saying: It is an ancient, ancient and purely handmade Damascene craft that goes through nearly 20 stages starting from painting and ending with polishing.

Yahya Idris Almarai pointed to his craft bamboo industry, which enters the furniture industry and baskets, pointing to the importance of preserving handicrafts because they document the identity and history of Syria, which made him take from his father the craft and work to transfer to others while Yahya's father asserts that the Syrian crafts pride national industry because it has the most skilled elders Carr in various cities.

Antiques, paintings, jewelery and utensils in the purple team section are considered a national treasure, according to visitor Adel Nassar, who pointed out the need to pay attention to these crafts, which are threatened because of the loss of manpower and craftsmen in the light of industrial and technical development, explaining that he intended to visit this pavilion in all sessions of the exhibition.

The handicraft pavilion held by the Ministry of Tourism is witnessing a huge turnout in the 61st Damascus International Fair of Occupations, where a number of elders and craftsmen from several governorates participate.

Maha Atrash