BBCNEWS The Travel Show June 4, 2024 23:35:00
It's part of a drive to protect the country's assets from cultural appropriation and commercialisation. we call it the positive protection, and that is just to protect their traditional knowledge or, in this case, cultural expression from other people using it in a different way and exploiting them. it's not black and white, there is a lot of nuances. the use of traditional culture, expressions of knowledge. what is black and white is the threat to its future. the skilled craft is facing competition from cheaper mass production and fewer people interested in taking up the practice. i travelled...