super woman in Orissa

image credits  -she depicts – strength, forced resilence, beauty. her baby lies strong in her arms. if she is not a role model than who is ?

tana bana from chanderi

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baluchari saris and story telling go together.

weaved in certain parts of bengal, the weavers weave stories  from the epics of mahabharata and ramayana on the yarn. the art is passed on from one  generation to the other . …today only a few remain. the weavers are the designers and the designers are the weavers.

Read more here :http://colouroftherain.blogspot.com/2008/02/baluchari-of-bengal-sari-or-work-of-art.html

image credits and for more pictures at : the sari shop at portland

Rural India : This is as real as it can get

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..the flower always finds its place.

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 braided hair and flowers , nothing gets as indian as this one.

abhinaya: an indian art form

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the basket is weaved and so is one of the walls.

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kandanghi sarees : a gift from women weavers of chettinad

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“i am young and nimble. i create jamdani weaves, which you enjoy.”

image credits: Tipu Kibria

* jamdani is a traditional weave of bangladesh and bengal.

” we weaved our own sarees – with rich cross borders” said the oraon tribe

image credits: shivselvan