Begampuri Saree
I happened to visit Begampur a few days back. What surprised me is that inside the quaint hamlet, lies a traditional weaving community. This place is hardly 40 Kms from Calcutta. Though the technique of these weaves are very simple handloom but the placement of color blocking, use of jala and contrast borders make them very fashionable.
This weaving cluster originally consisted of 10000 weavers which have now reduced to 500 only. Prakash Das one of the stalwart weaver of this town is trying hard to keep this handloom cluster from dwindling. Powerloom has taken place of this handwoven magic. with a minimum wage of 250/- to 300/- per day these weaving community is creating magic each day. I acme to know from Prakash that Ashapurna Devi one of the noted author belonged this town.
Above image shows a dyer working with yarns and vegetable dye.
Rope making, machine embroidery and power loom have replaced this traditional frame work weaving.
One surprise package which I got to know is that Vishwakarma Puja is celebrated during the end of December unlike September for rest of India. I wish Prakash Das gets a lot of noble promoters for his constant endeavoring activity to keep this weaving community alive and sustainable. #fondhand
I happened to visit Begampur a few days back. What surprised me is that inside the quaint hamlet, lies a traditional weaving community. This place is hardly 40 Kms from Calcutta. Though the technique of these weaves are very simple handloom but the placement of color blocking, use of jala and contrast borders make them very fashionable.
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