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Did you know about the kutchi shawl?- Bhujodi shawl

The Bhujodi is an almost 500 years old village. Most of the inhabitants of this village are either of Rabari or the vankar community and they are all weavers. Each domestic shawls, blanket, ghagar, and lungi is woven in the Bhujodi, and here is a bhujodi crafted. 
Origin 
The story of the origin of Bhujodi shawls is related to Ramdev peer, he came to Kutch from Rajasthan as a pilgrimage to Narayan sarovar. Soon few of his followers Built temples in his praise and asked him to bring some of his kin from Marwar to take care of the temple. This led to the settlement of the Meghwal community of weavers in kutch.  
The second story of the migration of weavers of the kutch region around 500 years ago, is that a girl belonging to a rich Rabari family was married to a man in kutch and she was given weavers as dowry. This family of weavers grew into a large community in the following years. 

Process of making 
Originally Bhujodi weaving was carried out on a panja or vertical fame loom afterward pit looms were used, Charkha is used for spinning the yarn. Natural dyes are utilized to dye the yarn.
The wool yarn is made stronger by dyeing into a paste of wheat flour, before being transferred into loom women folk, carried out the process, prior wrapping and setting on the loom for weaving. 
The base of a Bhujodi shawl or saree is usually plain with strips or checked patterns with a range of colors seen on the extra weft motifs. 
Mostly the wool imported from Ludhiana, while local goat, camel wool, and white and black sheep wool are still used. Silk came from Bengaluru, acrylic from Ludhiana, and cotton from west Bengal. 

Setback and Revival 
Kutch was devastated by a massive  earthquake in 2001. Kutch economy and cities were severely hit and bhujodi is no different. Weaving revival work started in 2005 by a few institutes, organizations, and governments with Innovations and  creativity Bhujodi art was revived the and come back to life in 2016. 
 The old village of Bhujodi has almost 200 weavers now. Carpet, shawls and stoles and even placemats are also made. Innovation with  tussar Silk and  Cotton along traditional wool blends well. 
 Times are Changing, traditional patterns fused with modern day.  another step forward by expanding the product range from home decors to designer Dresses. 
Though the Bhujodi weavers has suffered over 10 years, it  has  developed over the time. it has entered into the wardrobes And homes of sophisticated clients. 
 This colorful shawls, woven With  motifs throughout has been granted the geographical indication (GI ) Tag which is expected to benefit its hereditary Weavers in kutch region of Gujarat.
The tag will provide a push to its market and also help check the cheap imitation being done in other parts. The GI tag convey assurance Of quality and distinctiveness. 

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