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Mayan Textile exhibition to showcase collection of Guatemalan hand woven cottons and silks traditional wear

Related Keywords: back-strap loom, collection of Guatemalan, corte fabric, dyeing technique, hand woven cotton, Ikat, Mayan textile exhibition, silk, traje, treadle loom. huipil

Mayan textile exhibition is a privately owned collection of Guatemalan hand woven cottons and silks, that represent a colourful picture of the Mayan Indian culture and life.
 
The bulk of the collection consists of, Huipiles, that are women's traditional wear and are fully embroidered using cotton silk and other colourful threads. Also a collection of Ikat , or (Jaspe) a weaving dying technique is also part of the collection.
 

Ikat used to pattern textile for all seasons

Related Keywords: century old textile, cotton yarn, dyeing technique, hand-dyed, handwoven Ikat, Ikat, pattern, Pochampally Handloom Park, silk, weaver

Ikat is a century old textile, historically made all over Asia, Central Asia and some parts of Africa. Ikat is also an ancient Indian dyeing technique that brings vintage, handwoven, geometric or zig zag arrow pattern into textile. Hand-dyed and handwoven Ikat is made using both silk and cotton yarns.
 
Pochampally Handloom Park recently organised a four-day Pochampally IKAT art Mela at Aga Khan Hall, in an attempt to revive the dying art of Ikat from the Pochampally district of now Telangana state. which ended on Tuesday, but not before it had charmed Delhiites.

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