Exuma artisans take BAIC courses

Wed, Mar 2nd 2011, 04:10 PM

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Exuma, Bahamas -

Artisans from Exuma
received their certificates of proficiency in coconut, straw and shell
craft, and food processing during a ceremony on Tuesday.

Trainers for the courses were Cacique
Award winner Eloise Smith in straw, Nassau's April Martin in shell,
Eleuthera's Emily Munnings in coconut, and Tonjia Burrows of Bahamas
Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) in food processing.

BAIC executive chairman Edison M Key,
the keynote speaker, urged artisans to aim for the hundreds of millions
of dollars spent each year importing souvenir and craft items for
tourists and residents...

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