Monghiben Rabari is attending an exhibition and sale in Mumbai. Her traditional embroidery has taken her from Vandh, her village of mud huts and camels on the seacoast of Kutch to India’s most cosmopolitan urban metropolis. She is thrilled by the glittering bustle, and by the customers’ enthusiastic response. She deals directly with them, as […]
Issue 1, Summer 2019 ISSN: 2581 – 9410 The handcrafted weaving tradition of Adivasi pata (local term for Kotpad […]
The Kotpad adivasi weavers have managed to keep both tribal and urban consumers happy. Will the good times last? On a cold winter evening, I stepped into the Kotpad adivasi textiles stall displaying shawls and saris in white and red, replete with animal and bird motifs at the Dastkari Haat Samiti Mela at Dilli Haat. […]
BHOTIYA CARPETS – New notes to an unsung legacy This monograph is part of the research done towards a MSc. Degree under the guidance of Mrs. Veena Kapur in the Department of Home Science, Delhi University. Introduction Bhotiyas are a nomadic tribe that moves from place to place in Garhwal and three districts of Himalayan […]