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Crafts of Rajasthan
Click the map for tourist map of rajasthan Crafts of Rajasthan are practiced and perfected by the craftsmen living there for generations. Excelling in various arts and crafts, they have filled their region with the lively colours and ingenious utility and decorative products, ranging from clothes to shoes and from bed linen to rugs.Rajasthan, the land of the Kings, is a part the ‘colour belt’ of western India. Contrast to the miles and miles of stark brown dessert, Rajasthan presents a brilliant range of colours in its textile. It is not only during festivals or ceremonies that Rajasthan looks bright, it is everyday. By the side of the well, at the village haat, weekly market place, at fairs and festivals, in the temple, on the streets, at weddings, rituals and ceremonies, everywhere Rajasthan displays the most brilliant of colours. Between the blue canopy of the sky and landscape of the rich sand brown of dessert, the Rajasthan craftsmen fill the brightness of the exotic colours. Textile, leather work, wood craft, jewelry and rugs are the prime crafts in which the crafts people of Rajasthan dwell in. The crafts of the region are given all imaginable colours to break the monotony of the harsh and barren dessert. From ancient times cloth has been woven on the loom and fashioned into various forms of apparel, with or without embellishment. The village weavers produced for the local community while the master craftsmen created speaciality for the royalty and the wealthy. Maintaining its age-old textile fashion, Rajasthan still produces the best of cottons with ingenious dyeing and hand printing. Bandhani or Bandhej is the name of the tie and dye technique used commonly in the region. Coming from the Hindi word ‘bandhan’ meaning ‘to tie’, this technique has a self explanatory name. The fabric is tied at various places with the help of a thread, in a way that it makes some pattern. After the tying is done, the fabric is dipped in the desired colour. After it is completely dried, the ties are opened and the amazing designs come to reality. The threads prevent the tied area from absorbing the colour and hence the desired pattern is realized. In jewelry making, the enamel work of Rajasthan is very famous. Nathdwara, a small town in Rajasthan has a tradition of doing enamel work on silver. This technique, enamelling, is very popular in Rajasthan. The designs are first etched on the surface on which enamelling is to be done. The surface is then fully burnished with agate. The various stones are then filled in their respective places. The piece is now placed on a mica plate and kept in the furnace. The mica plate is used to prevent its direct contact with fire. Colours are applied according to their hardness. The ones, which require more heat, are filled in first and so on. When it is taken out from the furnace finally, it is rubbed with a file very gently and cleaned with lemon juice or tamarind to give the shine. It is a very long and painstaking process, yet the craftsmen have very expert and swift hands in producing lovely enameled jewelry in Rajasthan.
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