Weavers


 
 
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Weavers

Who were weavers?:

The first stage of production was spinning – a work done mostly by women. The" charkha " (represented India and it was put at the center of the tricolour flag of the Indian National Congress adopted in 1931). and the takli were household spinning instruments. The thread was spun on the charkha and rolled on the takli. When the spinning was over the thread was woven into cloth by the weaver. In most communities weaving was a task done by men. For coloured textiles, the thread was dyed by the dyer, known as rangrez. For printed cloth the weavers needed the help of specialist block printers known as chhipigars. Handloom weaving and the occupations associated with it provided livelihood for millions of Indians.

A tanti weaver of Bengal, painted by the belgian painter solvyns in the 1790s

 
 


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