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KASHMIRI CRAFTS A FASCINATION FOR TOURISTS

06 Pages : 44-48

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2021(VI-II).06      10.31703/grr.2021(VI-II).06      Published : Jun 2021

Kashmiri Crafts - A Fascination for Tourists

    Kashmir has different brightening prestigious expressions and specialities which have been famous for quite a long time for their fine work and magnificence. To be sure, Kashmiri speciality items are unbelievable. Artwork is the primary wellspring of pay for the Kashmiris. Speciality work or essentially make is a kind of embellished work hand made utilizing just basic apparatuses. Things made by large-scale manufacturing or using machines are not handiwork items. The Kashmiri specialists are consistently alive to the beautiful encompassing. It communicates a reaction to the excellence around the formation of an enormous assortment of pursuing or decorating flower themes interlaced into multifaceted examples. The art items are promoted in Asia as well as in European countries. This article is to portray the significance of Kashmiri craftsmanship and artworks from hundreds of years. It additionally portrays how Kashmiris are imaginatively and customarily associated with their conventional artwork. The center on the traditional heritage is built on neighborhood uniqueness on the one hand and social tourism on the other. Kashmir could be a visitor range and can win significant income from yearly visits, although the majority of tourists head for the greatly attractive coast during the summer and winter. In Kashmir, with its freezing winter when atmospheric conditions are semi-arctic, the artisans use their time at home as inventive knowledge in making art crafts of stunning excellence. Regal support empowered these painstaking works from early occasions till these items, light in weight and wealthy in workmanship, found attraction and magnetism for tourists, locals, and abroad.

    Art & Craft, Kashmiri Craftsmanship, Prevailing Culture, Ruling Kashmir Tradition, Intangible Heritage, Traditional Crafts, Sustainable Development
    (1) Junaid Bashir
    Assistant Professor, Department of Tourism & Hospitality, Foundation University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Anas Mahmud Arif
    Assistant Professor, Department of Tourism & Hospitality, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Owais Khan
    Graduate, Department of Archaeology, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Bashir, Junaid, Anas Mahmud Arif, and Owais Khan. 2021. "Kashmiri Crafts - A Fascination for Tourists." Global Regional Review, VI (II): 44-48 doi: 10.31703/grr.2021(VI-II).06
    HARVARD : BASHIR, J., ARIF, A. M. & KHAN, O. 2021. Kashmiri Crafts - A Fascination for Tourists. Global Regional Review, VI, 44-48.
    MHRA : Bashir, Junaid, Anas Mahmud Arif, and Owais Khan. 2021. "Kashmiri Crafts - A Fascination for Tourists." Global Regional Review, VI: 44-48
    MLA : Bashir, Junaid, Anas Mahmud Arif, and Owais Khan. "Kashmiri Crafts - A Fascination for Tourists." Global Regional Review, VI.II (2021): 44-48 Print.
    OXFORD : Bashir, Junaid, Arif, Anas Mahmud, and Khan, Owais (2021), "Kashmiri Crafts - A Fascination for Tourists", Global Regional Review, VI (II), 44-48