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Sargaalaya International Crafts Festival

The Sargaalaya International Crafts Festival is an annual 15-day event held in December-January at the Sargaalaya Arts and Crafts Village in Iringal, Kerala. The festival showcases crafts and demonstrations by over 400 artisans from India as well as Thailand and Afghanistan. It attracts over 200,000 international and domestic visitors each year. Events during the festival include a crafts exhibition and sale, artisan recognition seminars, a food fest, traditional dances, and cultural programs that celebrate crafts and promote tourism in Kerala.

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Sargaalaya International Crafts Festival

The Sargaalaya International Crafts Festival is an annual 15-day event held in December-January at the Sargaalaya Arts and Crafts Village in Iringal, Kerala. The festival showcases crafts and demonstrations by over 400 artisans from India as well as Thailand and Afghanistan. It attracts over 200,000 international and domestic visitors each year. Events during the festival include a crafts exhibition and sale, artisan recognition seminars, a food fest, traditional dances, and cultural programs that celebrate crafts and promote tourism in Kerala.

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SARGAALAYA INTERNATIONAL CRAFTS FESTIVAL

SARGAALAYA ARTS AND CRAFTS VILLAGE

Panchayat/
Municipality/ Vadakara Municipality
Corporation

LOCATION District Kozhikode

Nearest Town/
Sargaalaya Junction – 300 m
Landmark/ Junction

Nearest Bus station Payyoli Bus Stand – 5.7 Km

Nearest Railway
Vadakara Railway Station – 6 Km
station
ACCESSIBILITY
Nearest Airport Calicut International Airport – 66.8 Km

Sargaalaya Arts and Crafts Village, Iringal


Vadakara - 673521
Phone: +91-496-2606015
Mobile: +91-9446304222
Email 1: [email protected]
CONTACT Email 2: [email protected]
Website: www.sargaalaya.in

DATES FREQUENCY DURATION


15 Days (to be
TIME December-January (to be advised) Annual
advised)
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL (Legend/History/Myth)
With its prime edition in 2011, the Sargaalaya Iringal
International Crafts Festival is an annual expo rated
as the best handicrafts expo in South India. The
festival showcases crafts by over 400 artisans, craft
making demonstration by 100 artisans as well as
traditional art forms of India performed by talented
artists. Apart from the various selected artisans of
India, including National and State award winners,
group of artisans from Thailand and Afghanistan have
also been part of the annual handicrafts festival
during the previous editions. The festival attracted
around 2 lakh visitors including international travellers
during the previous edition. Sargaalaya, the Kerala
Arts and Crafts village at Iringal in Kerala is an
initiative of the Department of Tourism, Government
of Kerala. The craft village has 60 stalls housed in
beautiful cottages that are environment-friendly and
ethnic in design.

RELEVANCE- International Over 2 Lakh


NO. OF PEOPLE
(Local / National /
International) PARTICIPATED
EVENTS/PROGRAMS DESCRIPTION (How festival is celebrated)

The Iringal International Crafts Festival organized by


Sargaalaya is an initiative of Kerala Tourism. Eminent
organizations in the handicrafts sector like NABARD,
Crafts Exhibition cum Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Central Silk
Sale Board, Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development
Artisan Recognition Corporation (LEPAKSHI), Handicrafts Development
Seminars Corporation of Kerala Ltd. and Kerala State Apex
Food Fest Handicrafts Society Ltd. have all been putting up stalls.
Traditional Dances Artisan Honoring Events, Crafts and Tourism Book Fair,
Cultural Programmes Kerala Food Festival etc. will be a part of the festival. It also
offers seminars on tourism and handicrafts and a variety of
traditional and cultural programmes including Kashmiri Rauf
Dance, Garba Dance, Bihu Dance and Mayoor Dance.

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