{"id":5006,"date":"2023-02-13T10:26:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T15:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newswaveindia.com\/english\/?p=5006"},"modified":"2023-02-13T10:33:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:03:58","slug":"india-s-oldest-ngo-bengal-home-industries-association-organised-spring-fest-to-empower-artisans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newswaveindia.com\/english\/india-s-oldest-ngo-bengal-home-industries-association-organised-spring-fest-to-empower-artisans\/","title":{"rendered":"India &#8216;s oldest NGO Bengal Home Industries Association organised &#8220;Spring Fest &#8221; to empower artisans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Partha Roy, Kolkata<\/strong>: A two-day &#8220;Spring Fest&#8221; was organised by probably India&#8217;s oldest NGO &#8221; Bengal Home Industries Association (BHIA)&#8221; at its premises on Rashbehari Avenue in Kolkata. In Spring Fest, artisans showcased crafts of jute, dokra, basketry, mora, shola, oyster shell and a few others on the 10th and 11th of February 2023.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5010\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newswaveindia.com\/english\/india-s-oldest-ngo-bengal-home-industries-association-organised-spring-fest-to-empower-artisans\/attachment\/1676205253160\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5010\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5010\" style=\"border-width: 2px; border-style: solid;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newswaveindia.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1676205253160-688x1024.jpg\" alt=\"artisans showcased crafts of jute, dokra, basketry, mora, shola, oyster shell and a few others\" width=\"640\" height=\"953\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.newswaveindia.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1676205253160-688x1024.jpg 688w, http:\/\/www.newswaveindia.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1676205253160-202x300.jpg 202w, http:\/\/www.newswaveindia.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1676205253160-768x1143.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.newswaveindia.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1676205253160-1032x1536.jpg 1032w, http:\/\/www.newswaveindia.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1676205253160-1376x2048.jpg 1376w, http:\/\/www.newswaveindia.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1676205253160-scaled.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">artisans showcased crafts of jute, dokra, basketry, mora, shola, oyster shell and a few others<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Artisans from different districts of West Bengal participated in the festival and gave a live demonstration of their crafts. Puppeteers entertained the visitors with puppetry and folk music of Bengal.<\/p>\n<p>The Festival also showcased a wide range of high-quality handloom and handcrafted textile products including silk, and linen, a range of homemade food products including pickles of various fruits, a wide range of home decor items including home furnishings items, lamp shades, wooden items, terracotta items including toys and many more. A wide range of high-quality women&#8217;s wear including sarees, scraves, jackets, jewellery from shells and other eco-friendly items were on display.<\/p>\n<p>Spring Fest was visited by diplomats, elites of the society, including foreigners visiting Kolkata, many of whom were awe-struck by high-quality craftsmanship of various products on display and sale. The Festival provided buyers opportunities to interact directly with craftspersons and to get insight into various crafts.<\/p>\n<p>An audio-visual talk on &#8220;Massart&#8221; of Durga idols was presented by architect &amp; public art specialist Sayantan Maitra to give a bird&#8217;s eye view of a wide range of craftsmanship involved in the creation of Durga Puja idols and pandals in Kolkata as well as the availability of unique creative talents as human resources in Bengal. In fact, Durga Puja of Kolkata has received the intangible heritage of humanity certification and honour from UNESCO.<\/p>\n<p>Spring Fest was the brainchild of Mrs. Nandini Mahtab, wife of Dr. P. C. Mahtab, current President of Bengal Home Industries Association and Head of the Royal Family of Burdwan whose grandfather was one of the Patron and founder member of Bengal Home Industries Association in 1916 along with Lady Carmichael, famed artist Shri Gaganendranath Tagore and many other public-spirited elite citizens of Kolkata of the time. Mrs. Nandini Mahtab is the Princess of the Royal families of Joyentia Hills &amp; Rangpur now in Bangladesh. Mrs. Nandini Mahatab is directly involved in the promotion of decaying and dying arts &amp; crafts of Bengal over the last several decades and successfully rejuvenating the dying art &amp; crafts by creating infrastructure, providing resources, including funding, raw materials etc to artists and crafts persons. Mrs. Mahtab also facilitates the marketing of various creative artworks and products of artisans and crafts persons through the Bengal Home Industries Association outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Spring Fest opening ceremony was attended by Shri. G M Kapoor State President of INTACH, Ms. Nayantara Pal Choudhary Honorary Consul of Norway in Kolkata, famed &amp; iconic personalities Smt. Gini Sen, Smt. Madhuchhanda Karlekar, Smt. Mahua Bose, Shri Shankar Bose, Shri Rajesh Sen and other members of the management committee of Bengal Home Industries Association besides Mrs. Nandini Mahtab.<\/p>\n<p>In the noble effort to support the arts and crafts of Bengal as well as artisans and crafts persons, the Bengal Home Industries Association is providing access to many products through its website<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/bengalhome.in .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partha Roy, Kolkata: A two-day &#8220;Spring Fest&#8221; was organised by probably India&#8217;s oldest NGO &#8221; Bengal Home Industries Association (BHIA)&#8221; at its premises on Rashbehari Avenue in Kolkata. 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