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Unique tangalia weaving art receives GI tag
02 Dec '09
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For raising the warp threads, one of the pedals of the loom is pressed which raises the warp threads. It is easier to twist the yarn around the warp ends, when the warp ends are raised. After all the danas are made on one pick, the weft is inserted and beaten up. This secures the danas at their respective places.
The design is very unique to Tangaliya. The motifs are made up of dots or danas. The motifs range from a single dot to elaborate arrangements of dots, which form flower, peacocks, temples, trees, aeroplanes etc. The danas are also arranged in geometric forms, like circles, squares, triangles, etc. At times one motif is repeated several times, or two motifs are combined together to form different motifs.
The commonly used colours are mainly black and maroon in the main body, while white and pink are used to create the motifs in the traditionally made Tangalia. These motifs are a selection from natural surrounding, daily life and religion of the craftsmen. The inlay of beads is very unique in the craft and that is done during the process of weaving.
This very process of inlaying of beads in the woven fabric demands a great deal of skill and efficiency. The bead work is done through twisting woolen threads of different shades into the warp during the weaving process itself which is not done in any other type of weaving process.
Though the woven fabric looks like an embroidery work, which it is not, it is unique to the community, to the place, indigenous and age old and confined to the very craft called "Tangaliya".
The design is very unique to Tangaliya. The motifs are made up of dots or danas. The motifs range from a single dot to elaborate arrangements of dots, which form flower, peacocks, temples, trees, aeroplanes etc. The danas are also arranged in geometric forms, like circles, squares, triangles, etc. At times one motif is repeated several times, or two motifs are combined together to form different motifs.
The commonly used colours are mainly black and maroon in the main body, while white and pink are used to create the motifs in the traditionally made Tangalia. These motifs are a selection from natural surrounding, daily life and religion of the craftsmen. The inlay of beads is very unique in the craft and that is done during the process of weaving.
This very process of inlaying of beads in the woven fabric demands a great deal of skill and efficiency. The bead work is done through twisting woolen threads of different shades into the warp during the weaving process itself which is not done in any other type of weaving process.
Though the woven fabric looks like an embroidery work, which it is not, it is unique to the community, to the place, indigenous and age old and confined to the very craft called "Tangaliya".
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