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Breaking this inertia and distrust will be a tough and around the tourism destinations, so that students feel pride
complex task, but it must be undertaken with other ap- in the fact that here attractive products which reflect ele-
proaches not based solely on the requisite for the artisans ments of our culture are made.
to come together and form associations, but it also required
promoting more spaces for marketing (regional fairs) to Because, even though it has lost its original impetus,
organize the sector by kind of work, taking into account I conclude by citing a proposition from UNESCO, which
their capacity to generate sales and jobs in being able to reads; “Artisanry forms a part of the vital nexus between
develop new lines of products, with designs and themes the past and the present, tradition and modernity, which if
backed by the culture and which respond to market trends. it is not integrated into contemporary tradition at the high-
est level, the societies of emerging countries such as the
For the gift shop owners, intermediaries and distribu- Dominican Republic, will be more exposed to depending on
tors, this catalog will certainly be extremely useful to up- aesthetic patters foreign to their own realities and origins,
date the data base which allows us to broaden their pro- creating possible distortions in the features that make up
duction lines of products, which is their ongoing interest in its identity.
differentiating for the sake of competitiveness.
I also trust that this publication is an educational tool
that is used in our schools, principally those in the places
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