Coimbatore: TRIFED
(Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd) opened its
third showroom in Tamil Nadu today, as the 32nd ‘Tribes India’ chain in the
country was inaugurated in the state’s second-largest city known for its fast-growing
urbanisation and commerce.
The richness and variety of the nation’s tribal heritage was
unveiled as the showroom at TNAU-TRIFED Centre was inaugurated byLoretta mary Vas, Secretary to the Union Ministry of
Panchayati Raj and Tribal Affairs under which TRIFED functions as an autonomous
body.
Present on the occasion were Dr K.
Ramasamy, Vice Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, and J.
Mohanasundari, MD, Kay Jay Sharp Trendys Sharp Electrodes Pvt. Ltd Coimbatore.
In Tamil Nadu, TRIFED already has showrooms
in the state capital of Chennai and tourist city of Kanyakumari.
The products includes tribal
jewellery, textiles, metal crafts, paintings organic food products, cane and
bamboo, terracotta, stone pottery, gifts and novelties. They range from handwoven
yak and angora woollens of Himachal Pradesh, tribal jewelleries from the Northeast,
Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Gujarat; organic products like seasonal fruit
juice, spices, walnuts, green tea from the Northeast and Jammu & Kashmir, paintings
of Gond, Pithora, Warli and Saura variety, Dokra metal craft from Chhattisgargh,
Longpi pottery from Manipur, gift and assortments like bead keychains, pouches
and coasters from Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.
The showroom in the ‘Manchester of
South India’ gets functional at a time when TRIFED’s annual crafts exhibition
is on in the national capital. The 16-day ‘Aadishilp’ at the Dilli Haat in Delhi is scheduled to end
on January 31.
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