The third edition of Dastkar’s Summer Weaves a 12 day event that began on Thursday with a focus on summer textile, craftspeople and designers bring to the bazaar season’s specials.
The exhibition has put on display hand-painted pattachitra-based textiles, tribal kotpad weaves, jamdani and chanderi sarees, hand-knit crochet garments, and an array of embroideries.
It also features textile technique demonstration to demonstrate how a length of cloth evolves from fibre spun into yarn which the weaver combines one thread at a time to form the beautiful textile.
It also showcases intricate embroideries like sujini, ari, kantha, phulkari and chikankari from different regions of India.
Apart from this, there are also folk performances lined up to showcase the cultural potpourri that is India.
DASTKAR, a society for crafts and craftspeople, aims at improving the economic status of craftspeople, promoting the survival of traditional crafts.
The event is held at Nature Bazaar, Andheria Modh in south Delhi,
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