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A traditional style of tie and dye originally from Rajasthan is the description of leheriya. It symbolizes the unique and rich heritage of Rajasthan. The leheriya gets its name from the Rajasthani word waves. The pattern is inspired by the flow of sand in the desert. Process  Dye resistance technique is used to create the effect of leheriya onto simple cotton, Georgette, silk, or chiffon fabrics. The dyer ties the cloth and folds it spirally a striped pattern on the cloth. Then the cloth is deepened in the color solution and the untied portion of the cloth gains color.  After unfolding the cloth leheriya pattern merged because the tide pattern didn't gain the color. This is the process of dual-color leheriya. For multicolor this process is repeated, and you will get beautiful multi-colored leheriya. Innovation   The lehariya technique produces an additional dyeing is advance form of leheriya. The original resi...

Bomkai Saree which is also known as appropriate Saree is a handloom Saree from Odisha, India. Originally it is produced by the villagers of Bomkai from the Ganjam district. lately, it is mainly produced by the Bhulia community of the subarnapur district. Bomkai is one of the unidentified geographical indications of India.  The Bomkai cotton sari is so comfortable that it is habitually worn by women and the silk Saree is put on ceremonies and occasions.  Origin and history   The historical significance of Bomkai can be known by the fact that the traditional face of Odisha is Bomkai and the sonepuri is the embroidered cloth also a form of Bomkai that are first crafted in the southern coastal parts of Odisha. The fabric having the core of ensembles that originated on the shores.  Since, 600 BC, locally known as ‘Bandha' Bomkai is one of the most highly thought of attires in Odisha while it is adored by the other part of India.  Technique use...

Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh located on the Indo – Tibetan border still has a culture of its own. The finest but most time-consuming weaves in wool which is in the purest form.  The art and artists were cut off from the rest of the world, because for numerous reasons. Untouched regions, topography, climate, and most importantly their lack of trust in modern culture. Their techniques were stile and commercialized but still, they refuses to sell their ancestry.  There is no change in the usage of these shawls. Though a few households in the administrative headquarters of Kinnaur, reckong-peo, have little shops where they sell them locally but vastly they still weave them for their own.  History   The “wool road”, merely a donkey trail, was the traditional main trade route in the region, and was so important that it was later widened to  motorable width to improve trade in the region and came to be known as the Hindus tan-Tibet road”. Two groups of artis...

Pabuji ki phad is a religious scroll painting used for a musical version of the only surviving traditional folk art and this painting represents the deities of folk. The phad painting in the world of the epic of pabuji the Rajput Rathod chief. The phad is also spelled as ‘par'. The place of Rajasthan is where mainly this is practiced. The translation of pabuji ki phad is the screen of pabuji or O read of pabuji, who is an ascetic deity of a sand wasteland. History and Origin Shahpura, near Bhilwara, Rajasthan is the origin of phad painting. The phad painting is created as a traveling or mobile temple, which is carried by priests. Singers of rabari tribes called Bhopas and Bhopis sing and perform stories of local deities and pabuji. The phad painting should not be rolled or folded after sunset. While the performance in front of the village members would last whole the night. This is the reason behind the paintings are called phad, which means fold in the loca...

Shaphee means ‘fabric of animals and wars’. Meita women of manipur woven and embroidered the elegant shaphee lanphee with cotton thread usually as a shawl. History   Shaphee fabric is the heritage of khoisnam lineage. The story is that the king saw a man of khoisnam clan riding on the horse wearing the shaphee lanphee and the king was so charmed that he adopted it as a form of honoring brave naga chiefs of Manipur. According to holograph titled Loiyuonba silyen,  the king Loiyumba sanction this product to be woven by the Khoisnam family. Though the product was revived in the 20th century.  Credence   One of the belief is that this particular craft with complete motifs protects the house from any evil. Another belief is that a bed sheet of the shaphee lanphee are use during buried ceremony of a death man or wedding because it is having godly power.  Products The craft comprising on loom or Waistloon  with beautiful motifs ...