Himachal has a rich heritage of handicrafts. These include woolen and pashmina shawls, carpets, silver and metal ware, embroidered chappals, grass shoes, Kangra and Gompa style paintings, wood work, horse-hair bangles, wooden and metal utensils and various other house hold items. These aesthetic and tasteful handicrafts declined under competition from machine made goods and also because of lack of marketing facilities. But now the demand for handicrafts has increased within and outside the country. COUNT 5
QSN1 What does Himachal have a rich heritage of? ANS1 handicrafts QSN2 Has the demand increased or decreased for handcrafts? ANS2 increased QSN3 What handcrafts do they include? ANS3 woolen and pashmina shawls QSN4 What declined under competition? ANS4 aesthetic and tasteful handicrafts QSN5 Has the demand increased inside or outside the country? ANS5 within and outside the country