Luanda — The director of the Institute of Cultural Industry, António Fonseca, said Wednesday in Luanda that the creation of his institution sought mainly to relaunch the handicrafts market and secure sales and divulging of artists' pieces of work.

Speaking to Angop about the development of this cultural category, the official said the Ministry of Culture is doing its best to guarantee an outlet for their pieces, by organising national and local handicrafts fairs.

"What we want is craftsmen to be able to sell their pieces and understand that handicrafts are a source of income, a job that can rescue many people from employment," António Fonseca said.

In addition, he added, the ministry is seeing to it that craftsmen feel stimulated and their daily work valorised and afford to keep their families.

As to limits to the amount of pieces a foreigner can purchase to take out of the country, the official said those interested just have to seek to have them stamped by concerned authorities, before they leave the territory. He said the pieces of art produced by local artists have good quality and deserve local and foreign recognition.