Abstract:Handicrafts symbolize man's creative impulse to present beauty in its varied forms. In countries like
India with civilization transcending limitations of time and excellence, the emotive stimulus has, over the
centuries, Influenced the social fabric to build, nurse and preserve a well orchestrated craft tradition that sound
continuous expression in the rendering of an immense variety of utilitarian articles with strong aesthetic appeal.
Simultaneously, craft, through the centuries......
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