Siliguri, Aug 7: The team consisting of tourism officers, homestay owners, tour operators and rural entrepreneurs from Arunachal are participating in the National Handloom Day 2022 at Siliguri.
Speaking at the event, Dy. Director Tourism, Bengia Manna Sonam who led a team of 30 delegates from the state said,  "In our state every house has more than one loom, every lady in the house is a master weaver and is proud to wear self woven clothes. Most looms are loin looms, where every community has their own colour combination and motifs. In Arunachal Pradesh, life is around looms, when the rest of the children in the country are busy learning ABCD, our children along with introduction to alphabets are also introduced to weaving."
Assam, Bihar, Sikkim and West Bengal and also a large delegation from the neighbouring country of Nepal are participating in the event.
A handbook containing information of homestays and other information about active tour operators, tourist circuits and rural communities was also released in a book form "Arunachal Pradesh Biodiversity Communities". This was distributed among the tour operators present there from India and Nepal. Also, Google Art and Culture carried the story about Arunachal Pradesh weaving; globally, through a document which was created as a part of ICH (intangible Cultural Heritage) survey of the 18 communities carried out with the support of the Tourism Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.

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