Malayer may become Iran’s next world city of woodcarving

Located in west-central Hamedan province, Malayer has long been a hub for wood carving and carved-wood furniture. It has recently played host to a woodcarving festival which came to an end on August 21.

WCC-APR will soon assess Malayer to be a world city of woodcarving and the result is expected to be announced in the month of Mehr (September 23-October 22), Pouya Mahmoudian, a tourism ministry official in charge of handicrafts, said at the closing ceremony of the festival.

The WCC-APR has so far designated several Iranian cities and villages such as Mashhad, Lalejin, Isfahan, Tabriz and Kalpourgan as world crafts hubs.

Iranian Handicrafts exports form the Islamic Republic reached $289 million in the past Iranian calendar year 1397 (ended March 20), showing three percent growth year on year, Mahmoudian said in June.

Source: Tehran Times