Friday, May 11, 2007

Local handicrafts with traditional motifs a boost for Sabah tourism

KOTA KINABALU: Local handicrafts using traditional Sabah motifs could help to promote tourism to the state, says Assistant Tourism, Culture and Environment Datuk Karim Bujang.

These crafts could include patterns and colours of Sabah that combine the traditional with the contemporary, paintings and crafts such as baskets and traditional musical instruments, he said.

He was speaking at the launch of the ‘Patterns and Colours of Sabah’ exhibition at the State Art Gallery here yesterday.

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