The most famous folk craft form is Nakshi Katha or embroidered quilt...Traditionally, village women used to stich layers of old sari together with folk designs in red blue, yellow and green...These followed a particular form and style...Around these motifs fine white stiching created a ripple effects to bind the separate layers...There is a variety of stiches and design but there is a unity in the traditional arrrangement of a padma lotus in the centre or mandap, a tree of life in each corner, kalkas, mythical figures, animals, birds, geometrical objects, symbols of the sun and moon, the swastika, each representing a part of the village women's cultural conscience and the whole relating story.
The story of Nakshi Kantar Math itself spread out in front of us like a beautiful quilt...One can almost see the fields, the young girls, villagers and the still night.
nakshi kantha design
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