Global Potentiality of Bangladeshi Handicraft
Global Potentiality of Bangladeshi Handicraft
Handicraft of Bangladesh is closely related with its culture and heritage. It expresses who we are and how our country was in previous times. As the world is being globalized rapidly, every product is being produced using machines but handicrafts make itself different from these kinds of product because personal touch of the maker. Each piece of handicraft tells the story of a craftsman, whether its pottery, jewelry or random pieces of art, the personal touch makes a world of difference. Every Nakshi Katha is a story of women.Our handicraft is not made by a dumb machine but it’s a work of sweat and blood. Once there was a time our handicraft was in our national boarder but with the help of globalization our handicraft reached to the furthest corner of the world. It draws well attention of people. As it is eco-friendly, people are moving towards from the machine to nature. There is enormous potentiality of handicraft in global market. BSCIC (Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation) gives training to the people related to crafting and making them resourceful in this sector. So the investor can have good craftsmen to meet the global quality standard.
However, there are more than 1000 large scale Handicraft producers in Bangladesh, where only 300 are enlisted with Banglacraft (the association of handicraft manufacturers and exporters). A large no of handicraft producer sells their good in local market and a few numbers are involved in export.
Table-01: Showing some leading organizations current profile.
Organization- | Hathay Bunano p.s. | Naksha | Prabartana | Arong | Prokritee | Type | NGO’s | Private | NGO’s | NGO’s | NGO’S | Start from | 2005 | 1993 | 1986 | 1976 | 2001 | Manpower | 4000 | 500 | 5000 | 65000 | 2000 | Product House | 38 | 2 | - | 653 | 20 | Main product | Kids items (Toys, dresses) | All types of textile Handicrafts | All types of handicrafts | All types of handicrafts
Handicraft of Bangladesh is closely related with its culture and heritage. It expresses who we are and how our country was in previous times. As the world is being globalized rapidly, every product is being produced using machines but handicrafts make itself different from these kinds of product because personal touch of the maker. Each piece of handicraft tells the story of a craftsman, whether its pottery, jewelry or random pieces of art, the personal touch makes a world of difference. Every Nakshi Katha is a story of women.Our handicraft is not made by a dumb machine but it’s a work of sweat and blood. Once there was a time our handicraft was in our national boarder but with the help of globalization our handicraft reached to the furthest corner of the world. It draws well attention of people. As it is eco-friendly, people are moving towards from the machine to nature. There is enormous potentiality of handicraft in global market. BSCIC (Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation) gives training to the people related to crafting and making them resourceful in this sector. So the investor can have good craftsmen to meet the global quality standard.
However, there are more than 1000 large scale Handicraft producers in Bangladesh, where only 300 are enlisted with Banglacraft (the association of handicraft manufacturers and exporters). A large no of handicraft producer sells their good in local market and a few numbers are involved in export.
Table-01: Showing some leading organizations current profile.
Organization- | Hathay Bunano p.s. | Naksha | Prabartana | Arong | Prokritee | Type | NGO’s | Private | NGO’s | NGO’s | NGO’S | Start from | 2005 | 1993 | 1986 | 1976 | 2001 | Manpower | 4000 | 500 | 5000 | 65000 | 2000 | Product House | 38 | 2 | - | 653 | 20 | Main product | Kids items (Toys, dresses) | All types of textile Handicrafts | All types of handicrafts | All types of handicrafts