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04/07/2007
Festival showcases local skills
Northern Ireland participants at this year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival are demonstrating the traditional and modern trades of the region.
Belleek are showing their master-skills in pottery and painting in Washington while Ulster Carpets are designing carpets and allowing onlookers to input into the final design.
Arts and Culture Minister Edwin Poots, who attended the festival, said: ““This is a great opportunity for Northern Ireland to showcase both the traditional and modern trades from our region. Carpet design, pottery making, linen manufacture, whiskey distilling and call centre skills are among the varied trade activities on display at the Festival.”
Around 160 people from the province are participating in the festival from 27 June – 8 July which aims to tell the American visitors about Northern Ireland’s contemporary culture.
Bushmills have brought a 7ft copper still and liquor safe to show the different stages in the production of Northern Ireland’s famous drink. Participants will be able to smell woods and various ages of whiskey as well as see the processes involved in making Bushmills.
Harland and Wolff are demonstrating underwater welding skills to over one million visitors to the National Mall and showcasing the technology used in planning and designing ships.
(JM/KMcA)
Belleek are showing their master-skills in pottery and painting in Washington while Ulster Carpets are designing carpets and allowing onlookers to input into the final design.
Arts and Culture Minister Edwin Poots, who attended the festival, said: ““This is a great opportunity for Northern Ireland to showcase both the traditional and modern trades from our region. Carpet design, pottery making, linen manufacture, whiskey distilling and call centre skills are among the varied trade activities on display at the Festival.”
Around 160 people from the province are participating in the festival from 27 June – 8 July which aims to tell the American visitors about Northern Ireland’s contemporary culture.
Bushmills have brought a 7ft copper still and liquor safe to show the different stages in the production of Northern Ireland’s famous drink. Participants will be able to smell woods and various ages of whiskey as well as see the processes involved in making Bushmills.
Harland and Wolff are demonstrating underwater welding skills to over one million visitors to the National Mall and showcasing the technology used in planning and designing ships.
(JM/KMcA)
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