Sambalpuri Handloom Textile Exhibition Held

Puri: The Gujarat and Handmade in India Project Cluster Mission Office, Barpali, in collaboration with HSBC Bank, organized a two-day Buyer Sellers Conference and Sambalpuri Handloom Exhibition at Hotel TP, Barapali. The programme was organised with an aim to promote Sambalpuri handloom and increase its demand in the local market and how weavers can get a fair price by
directly interacting with the buyers. The event saw 17 weaving families from Bargarh cluster displaying their handloom garments and explaining their products to the buyers. Prominent saree and cloth merchants from Puri attended the workshop and opined that it would lead to better interaction between buyers and sellers in the future as they could be able to communicate directly
with the weavers. On the inaugural evening of the workshop and exhibition, Puri Sub Collector Bhavtaran Sahu was the chief guest and said that the weavers should prepare designs considering the market demand. Siddhartha Roy, who was the other guest, said that since there is a demand for online trading in the present times, there should be a system of how weavers can sell their products directly through online mode. The event was conducted by Bishnu Prasad Panda, Cluster Nodal Officer, Hand Made in India Project and Dayanand Rai, Community Mobiliser.

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