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The rich Jamdani sings a sad song

9 Apr

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“He  may be illiterate, because he does not know the mechanical jaunts of  maths from a school boys point. But he is definitely performing the mathematical equation on the loom in colors.”   As told to me by a relative whose ancestors were weavers.

Read this at Daily Star : Poetry in Thread: The Jamdani of Dhaka

 

 

Jamdani – Intricate weaves and skilled weavers.

26 Apr

 

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Read the story of the weavers here

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It takes a decade and more to become a skilled jamdani weaver .