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In the past , it was reasonable to recognize a tribe by simply looking at the shawl of the wearer and periodically even think the group of villages he came from, his social status, and the number of ritual feasts he had performed. One of the common characteristics of a Naga shawl is that three pieces are woven individually and stitched together. The central line is more decorated than the other two, which normally have more or less the same pattern. The Naga designs differ from a formal structure of lines to detailed patterns of diamonds and capsule shapes. Simple straight lines, stripes, squares, and bands, varying in width color, and arrangement are the most traditional design and motifs. Each tribe has its distinct patterns. History Naga Shawl History goes back to generations and centuries when the Shawl was worn as a pride of the warrior class of Nagaland. There are basically 16 different tribes in Nagaland. Each of the tribes have their own traditions and p...

“The king of fine wool" is the translation of Santoosh magnificent and costliest shawl in the world.  To own a Shahtoosh scraf or shawl is worth a king’s ransom that is by several thousand dollars and a few period ago, people willingly did so.  At a point, royal and cream class of not only India but also the other countries skited  to possessed to have at least one of these, till it stamped illegal to own one.  Now, that we have a glimpse of worlds most expensive shawl let’s explore further and know what makes it so special.  # what is shahtoosh?  An excellent quality of wool that is known in the history of mankind is the shahtoosh. Each fibers is one sixth of that of a human hair ie, around 7 to 10 microns and this fibers are used to make the famous shahtoosh shawls.  The underfur of species of Antelope or locally called the chiru is used to manufacture the wool fabrics. Chiru is the migratory animals that lives at super high a...