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Kalporagan Sirjan
WCC – World Pottery Village 2017 WCC - World Kilim City 2017
the first Iranian Village included in WIPO list since
2017
• is known as the only Living Pottery Museum of the World, • With 12 thousand active weavers
Originates back to 7000 years ago. • a great diversity of techniques such as Shiriki Kilim which is unique
• The art of pottery without any pottery wheel has been inherited hence every weaver uses their own personal tastes.
orally from one to another without any changes since then. • Motifs, combination and colors of each craft will be non-repetitive
• Kalpouregan Pottery museum established in 2009 as a living hence. it reflects thoughts and feelings of the artisan, inspired from
museum nature, environment, believes, habits and traditions.
• The village hosts around 20 to 25 thousand tourists every year. • The history of this technique in Kerman & Sirjan region goes back to
the Safavid era.
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