Making thuya wood arts a priority

Participants at a meeting on the crafts and arts of thuya wood called on Wednesday, in Essaouira, for the implementation of a clear action plan for the promotion and protection of this sector.The participants in the 1st Provincial Meeting on the crafts and arts of thuya wood, organised under the theme "The art of thuya wood in Essaouira: the profession between the glory of the past and hope for the future", called for making the promotion of the sector and the improvement of the living conditions of artisans a priority for local development.For Hassan Chamis, president of the Chamber of Crafts for the Marrakech-Safi region, the art of thuya wood constitutes an added value and one of the foundations of the province's economic and social structure, just as it represents an invaluable heritage that must be preserved and revalued so that it can accompany national and international socio-eco…