Gift bazaar to be held in Accra
The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts is collaborating with the National Theatre Company to organise the first ever ‘Gift for the Season Bazaar’ from Thursday, December 13 to Sunday, December 15 at the National Theatre, Accra.
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The Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Ms Abla Dzifa Gomashie, said in a statement copied to the Daily Graphic that, “The bazaar is to raise awareness of the need to buy made-in-Ghana arts and craft products as gifts during the festive season”.
She said the event was also aimed at inculcating in children the culture of patronising locally produced artefacts.
The event will be held jointly with this year’s Accra International Children’s Arts Festival (Kiddafest 2013).
A special ceremony will be held at 3:00 p.m today at the National Theatre, to officially open the bazaar.
“The ministry hopes to institutionalise this bazaar as an annual event and use it as a catalyst to instil in Ghanaians the taste for locally produced products, especially artefacts,” the deputy minister said.
The event is also to serve as a platform to showcase, market and encourage the public to patronise products of the creative industry.
Interested exhibitors are to contact the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts and the office of the Aid to Artisans, Ghana (ATAG) for registration.
