Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
sualkuchi - Coggle Diagram
sualkuchi
Issues faced by the weavers
High price of raw material
changing climatic conditions
deforestation
Labour Shortage
younger generation is focusing
a better lifestyle
better
employment opportunities
Financial Instability
e paid off based on the complication
of design
Power cuts
No proper light
working hours are restricted
Health problem
Strenuous physical work
textile center of Assam
Cotton
generally white in colour
Eri silk
Anti-fungal
protect one from UV rays, fungus, bacteria, and insects
usually soft and warm in nature
Pat silk
hypoallergenic
contains sericin
a protein created by Bombyx mori (silkworms) in the production of silk.
reduces allergic reactions in the skin
Muga silk
"the golden fibre"
produced only in Assam
Muga
noninflammable
lustrous gold fabric
absorbs UV rays from sunlight
anti-bacterial
Mekhela chador
traditional Assamese dress
two main pieces of cloth
Bottom wear
Mekhela
wide cylindrical piece cloth
Vedic word
Mekhola
top portion
Chador
Riha
worn as a chador
inner piece below the chador
worn by women of all ages
Patterns
Ornamental designs
Thuria
Loka Paro
Joonbiri
Gaam kharu
Phul jali
Flower and creeper
Pat and Muga sik
Bright hued diamond motif on contrast background
Fine workmenship
Typical
Traditional feature
Cotton and Eri silk
Bold Motif
Geometrical Design
Symbolism of ritual natural
Kaziranga style
King khap style
joon biri style
Bodo
Karbi
Mourah
Gach
Phool Buta
Bhagavat Sarai
Japi
Kalki
Pokhila
low maintenance dresses
the Lakme Style Week (LFW)
Designer, Sanjukta Dutta and Vaishali Shadangule
re-invent this traditional Assamese clothes and offer it a more contemporary look through evening dresses, kurtas, and pants.
History
11th Century
by King Dharma Pala
brought 26 weaver families from Tantikuchi in Barpeta to Sualkuchi
created a weavers' village
Guwahati
Sualkuchi was made an important centre of silk weaving
big boost during the Second World War
introduce weaving commercially
semi-automatic Fly shuttle handloom
craft village-
silk-rearing and weaving communities
potters
goldsmiths