04032006 Tibet People Pix

 ON TOP OF THE WORLD
AT TIBETAN  CARPET EXPO
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N.K. Chaudhary, Asha Chaudhary, Yang Shaokym and Sunil Kansal from Jaipur Carpets, Jaipur, India. Asha usually hangs her hat in Atlanta, but this month she's on the international circuit.
 

Wang Zhong Yao, manager of Tianli Artware & Treasures
Co., Ltd., WuHai, Inner Mongolia, China.

The Qinghai Tibetan Sheep Growers (Ltd) showroom became an international buyers' lounge during the Qinghai market. Here's a California contingent enjoying the hospitality:  from left: Osman Rustamzada, Rustam Rug Gallery Temecula, CA; (standing) Zabi Ahmadi, Amadi Carpets, West Hollywood, CA; Zia Shefa and Alex Ahmadi of Ariana Rugs, Los Angeles.

Paul Shaper, president of Paul Shaper Productions,
 Los Angeles, and Emil G. Hatami, Voile de France, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Kids are always cute.

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Jamie Nofsinger and Cathy Song, who head the, customer service department  of Khaden Tibetan Rugs, with Karl Wegert, president of Orient-Teppich-Import Wegert,
Lauda-Konigshofen, Germany. Khaden is an
American-owned Tibetan rug maker based in
Qinghai, China.
 

Peng Ying  Shao, Zhuoma Qing Yang and Guo Hui Zhang
 of Tibet Carpet Co. They're the real deal!


Dan Shabtai of Rugs Plus in California with the hand woven rendition of the famous painting of Chairman Mao's Journey to Yuan. "I can feel his strength. It's a very uplifting piece of art," said Shabtai. The hand knotted portrait greeted visitors entering the showroom of  Qinghai Tibetan Sheep Carpets Group Ltd. Valued at approximately $10,000, it was the most expensive piece in the exhibition.

Latif Bhatti, chief designer for Miaco International,
Lahore, Pakistan.

Nazari Nooruddin and Asadulla of Khal Mohammadi, Kabul, Afghanistan. An international carpet exhibition is planned for Kabul later this year.

Rehman Nazar, Abdul Jabar, Haji Murad and Mehraban 
Qul from Majeedian Carpet, Kabul, Afghanistan.
 

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Representing  the Carpet Export Promotion Council of India 
 at the Qinghai Exhibition:  T.S. Chadha executive director and secretary, and Vishnu Sharma, chairman.

Fereydoun Nahai, a principal of Marcella Fine Rugs, Atlanta. Always on the move, Nahai was one of the busiest visitors at the show. (We also heard him conversing in Mandarin!)
 

Betty Guo of Qinghai Tibetan Sheep Carpets Group and
Shawn McKinley of McKinley Imports, Mission, British Columbia, Canada, which distributes rugs in western Canada.

Irshad Ansari  of Aisha Industries and Qamaruddin Ansari of Azimulla Carpets, both of  Bhadohi, India, with David Abecassis of Sams International, San Francisco.


Ma Yao Qing  of Heilong Jiang  Lanyi Carpet Co. Ltd. speaks no English. Rugnews.com speaks no Mandarin. But we can communicate with the universal  language of rugs.

Looking over the show floor from the second level
of the exhibition hall.

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We enjoyed a cup of coffee at  the Diamond Carpet
showroom. Seated, from left: Buying agent Umadhar
 Pathak, Agra, India, and Lalit Jain of Diamond Carpets,
 Agra, India. Standing: Subodh Kumar Gupta, left, publicity officer of the Carpet Export Promotion Council, New Delhi,
and Siddh Nath Singh of Carpet Handicrafts Export,
Mirzapur, India.

From Hamburg, Germany: Najib Ahmadzad of Wohn Center, left, and Tim Steinhert of SN-Fachpresse. Tim is a member of the German floor covering business press.

Madan Kaul of Amar Exports, New Delhi and Suman Kaul of Kashyap Carpets, Kashmir, India.

Rishab Sharma of Triveni Exports, Panipat, India.

Zhai Xiao Guang of Nomin Holding and Ts. Erdenebileg executive director of Erdenet Mongolian Carpets. It surprised us to see machine-made rugs at this exhibition. It surprised us even more to learn they are manufactured in Mongolia on
Van de Wiehle machines using  local sheep's wool. But were we surprised when Mr. Erdenebileg told us he logs on to Rugnews.com every day? Heck no! We just handed over  one of our signature key chains for good luck!

Rugnews.com editor and publisher Lissa Wyman considers running away to join a troupe of Tibetan Dancing Girls.

 Lily Zhang, one of the energetic executives from Qinghai Tibetan Sheep Carpets Group, Ltd. joins Lissa Wyman of
Rugnews.com for a final farewell from China.
 

Next stop:
The New York Home Textiles Market
 

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