The Department of the City of Totana Craft reported that on Sunday April 26 will open the craft market will be located at each end of the month in the sanctuary of La Santa, in the Natural Park of Sierra Espuña.
In this market, the artisans of the region show the public how to continue to maintain the work currently done by hand and visitors can buy products related to pottery, textiles, food, wood, iron, among other subjects.
Each month the market will focus on a type of craftsmanship associated with the dates of the season in which they perform, but there will be a sample of pottery so that visitors can see how they are made of clay objects on the lathe.
For the implementation of this market, as reported by the mayor in the industry, María Isabel Sánchez Ruíz, the Directorate General of Crafts and Trade of the Autonomous Community has awarded a grant of 11,142 euros in order to encourage tourist visits this emblematic place at the same time encourage and promote local handicrafts, whose project is nearly 15,000.
As explained Councilwoman crafts, this market is intended to Totana artisans display their work to visitors.
This will, according to the mayor commented that the master craftsmen can sell their products directly to visitors who come to the market, which will be decorated with demonstrations of crafts are made by ourselves and local associations.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Foto: archivo Murcia.com