Related Keywords: industralisation, Jacquard machines, Jacquard weaving, knowledge and technique of weaving cloth, Muslin, neglect of art, popularly know as Calico, requires highly skilled personnel, verge of extinction, world famous
Muslin, popularly know as Calico, produced in Kozhikode, who once caught the attention of people not just in the country, but far off in the Western and European market. But the knowledge and technique of weaving the cloth died with its weavers, some blame it on industrialisation and others on the neglect of the art. But now, the fate of the Jacquard cloth too seems to be following the same path and is on the verge of extinction in North Malabar.
