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Ethnic footwear is a sub-sector of leather products, which mainly includes handcrafted footwear produced by artisans. These are ethnic in nature as it encapsulates craftsmanship passed on from generation to generation and also manifest cultural diversity of different regions.
The special nature of artisan products has the following distinctive features,
 Utilitarian
Aesthetic
Artistic
Creative
Cultural
Decorative
Functional
Traditional
Religiously and socially symbolic & significant
These are handcrafted using mainly leather produced by vegetable tanning process and use of chemicals is minimum. Production mainly carried out manually with the involvement of all family members, it touches the lives of artisans directly.
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