Panaji: Ten years after its initial rejection, the state’s handicraftsmen are hopeful of receiving the prestigious Geographical Indication (GI) tag for their iconic coconut carving and shell items.

KOCHI: When Valsan Unungal sees a coconut, it piques his interest. This 50-year-old man breaks it and keeps the shells with him so he could fashion out portraits on the husk. The byproduct of the ...

Mozambique's coastal regions are famous for their coconut shells, which are used in a number of traditional crafts ...

HAIKOU, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Wearing masks and overalls, two villagers skillfully drilled holes into coconut shells and used machines to cut them into circular and square pieces. They are residents of ...

Wu Mingju checks a carved coconut shell, and talks with foreign customers, in Haikou, Hainan province. His work has been in many exhibitions, illustrating the craft of coconut shell carving, a ...

HAIKOU, February 14. /TASS/. China's Hainan strives to popularize the artistic carving of sea shells and products made from them, reported the Haikouwan portal. According to him, in recent years, the ...

KOCHI: At Kalpathy in Palakkad resides 72-year-old K Kunchankutti and 62-year-old C Lakshmi. Out on the front porch, both can be seen together busy hand-picking coconuts and carving the shells. Since ...

Zhang Bidi works on coconut carving in Qionghai city, South China's Hainan province, on Feb 18, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] HAIKOU -- Wearing masks and overalls, two villagers skillfully drilled holes into ...