Kolkata, June 18 (KNN) The Rural Craft Hub of Bengal, which is run by the Micro Small & Medium Enterprises & Textiles Department of the State, has been selected by UNESCO to showcase their products in Paris on July 28, state chief minister Mamata Banerjee said today.
 
Social media enthusiast, Banerjee, wrote on her Facebook page, “Our efforts to spread rural crafts of Bengal across boundaries continue to get yet another international acclaim.”
 
“I am happy to share with you Rural Craft Hub of Bengal, which is run by the Micro Small & Medium Enterprises & Textiles Department of our State, has received the rare honour of being selected by UNESCO Headquarters to showcase their artistes in Paris on 28th July, 2015,” she wrote.
 
One each artisan of the hub - Patachitra from Pingla, Sitalpati from Coochbehar, Wooden Mask from Kushmundi, Teracota from Panchmura, Dokra from Bikna - along with baul and chau team will be visiting France to represent India at the prestigious Gannat festival during July 7-26, 2015.
 
A special event has been planned at Paris Plage and at UNESCO Headquarters on July 28, she said. (KNN Bureau)