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Related Keywords: Bengal Lounge, Fashion Design Council of Bangladesh, local designers, ode to textile weaves, reinstil heritage loom, Tangail sari, weaving process

Fashion Design Council of Bangladesh in joint venture with Bengal Lounge will present a festival -- An Ode to Textile Weaves, to re-instill the pride in the mindset of the Bengali fashionist regarding heritage loom. The Tangail sari which epitomizes textile weaves; it has existed in the history of Bengal for quite a while, and till date.

Related Keywords: sari makers, Tangail sari, Textile Industry

The sari industry in Tangail pushed into deep trouble due to the prevailing political crisis has forced factory owners to shut down many handlooms, leaving thousands of weavers jobless. The industry in the district has around 75,000 handlooms and employs over 2 lakh weavers.

Raghunath Basak, president of the Tangail Sari Association and a weaver at Pathrail urges the government to resolve the political crisis to save the traditional sari industry.