This sari belonged to my mother, and hence is very special to me. She bought it from Kaziranga and back then in Assam, it was popularly known as Kaziranga sari. The texture is very soft.
Growing up in Assam, I was fortunate to see the ladies putting the bamboo poles and weave saris outdoors. As our mums (non Assamese) would knit sweaters in the winters, the Assamese ladies would sing songs, gather in groups and weave saris.
A sight still etched vividly in my mind.
A bit of Wikipedia gyan on the sari starting with letter 'A'....
Assam silk is the indigenous wild silk produced in Assam. Pat silk is produced by Bombyx textor silkworms which feed on mulberry (Morus spp.) leaves. It is usually brilliant white or off-white in colour. Its cloth can dry in shadow. The Assam silk industry, now centered in Sualkuchi, is a labor-intensive industry.
The backdrop for this picture is a beautiful Buddhist temple on Geylang Road.
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As shared by Rakhi Gupta ...
"With A I want to add in the name of a sari which is very rare and almost extinct, Ashavali..
Ahmedabad known as center for textile manufacturer since early times, was known as Ashaval, hence the name Ashavali sari.
The sari resembles a Benarasi Brocade, and is sometimes called Ahmedabadi Brocade. The difference from the Benarsi sari lies in the way the butis of the Ashavali look embossed, giving it a three-dimensional effect as the butis are woven in the warp unlike in other saris where these are woven in the weft.
At the end of 80s Ashavali saris became almost extinct. No one was weaving Ashavali any more."
As shared by Rakhi Agarwal...
"Letter A is also for Ajrakh. As seen in the picture, the sari I am wearing is an ajrakh. ajrakh is a name given to a unique form of block print saris found in Kutch, Gujarat; and Barmer, Rajasthan. These saris display special designs and patterns made using block printing by stamps. Common colours used while making these patterns may include but are not limited to blue, red, black, yellow and green. Over the years, ajrakhs
have become a symbol of the Sindhi culture and traditions.
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