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I k a t o r t i e a n d d y e f a b r i c s , k n o w n a s"b a n d h a s " i n O r i s s a a r e r e c o g n i z e d a l l o v e rt h e c o u n t r y a n d a b r o a d f o r t h e i r h i g h l ya r t i s t i c d e s i g n s , c o l o r c o mb i n a t i o n s a n dd u r a b i l i t y . I k a t i s a t y p e o f we a v i n g i n g e n e r a lt e r ms . T h e w e f t o r t h e w a r p o r b o t h a r e t i e -d y e d b e f o r e we a v i n g t o c r e a t e d e s i g n s o nf a b r i c i n t h i s m e t h o d . Wi t h e x q u i s i t ec o l o r s a n d b e a u t i f u l mo t i f s , I k a t s a r i sa r e c o n s i d e r e d a s a ma g n u m o p u s b e c a u s ee a c h s a r i t a k e s n e a r l y s e v e n mo n t h s o fc r a f t s ma n s h i p . T h e t r a d i t i o n a l I k a t s a r i so f Or i s s a a r e a l s o r e f e r r e d t o a s d o u b l eP a t a n P a t o l a o r s a mb a l p u r i s a r e e s .T h e O r i s s a n s t y l e o f i k a t (b a n d h a ) h a s al o n g t r a d i t i o n d a t i n g b a c k a t l e a s t t o t h e12t h c e n t u r y . We a v e r s m i g r a t e d f r o m t h ePa t a n a r e a b r i n g i n g t h e b a s i c t e c h n i q u e sw h i c h t h e n d e v e l o p e d o v e r t i me t o a u n i q u es t y l e o f f l o wi n g d e s i g n s . T h e r e s i s t t y i n gi s d o n e f i n e l y o n t h r e a d u n i t s g i v i n gg r e a t e r d e t a i l a n d f i n e c u r v e s .T y p i c a l d e s i g n m o t i f s i n c l u d e r o w s o fb i r d s a n d a n i ma l s , f i s h , s e a s h e l l s , 11/3/2012Aayush juyal 6. Thewa r p , we ft o r b o t ha r et i e -d y e db e f o r ewea v i n g t o c r e a t ed e s i g n s o n t h e f i n i s h e df a b r i c .Gr e a t c a r e i s t o b e t a k e n i n t y i n g r e s i s t e d a r e a s wi t h wa t e r r e p e l l e n t m a t e r i a l (s u c h a s b i c y c l e i n n e r t u b e s c u t i n t o s t r i p s ). T h e p r e c i s i o n o fAf t e r wr a p p i n g , t h e t h r e a d s t h e w r a p p i n g d e t e r mi n e sa r e d y e d . Wh e n f i n i s h e d a n d t h e c l a r i t y o f t h e d e s i g nu n wr a p p e d , t h e a r e a s u n d e rt h e t i e s h a v e s t a y e d t h eo r i g i n a l c o l o u r . 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As t h e f a b r i c i s wo v e n , t h e p a t t e r n e me r g e s . Gr e a t c a r e i s t a k e n i n a l i g n i n g t h e y a r n s s o t h a t t h e p a t t e r n a p p e a r s c l e a r l y h o w e v e r ma n y a t i me s t h e y a r n s d o n o t c o mp l e t e l y f a l l i n s y n c ,g i v i n g a Tdh ee l ji a g g e d l l o o k g e dg h t f u j a g ,a c h i k e tv h a t w b e s t to h e l o oe dh e nws y I a kr an t s w or r e k a sr or m en g e d i t sa ao fm. wci ht ah r n o t t o o p r e c i s e n e s s , g i v e t h e f a b r i c s a g e n u i n e e t h n i c f e e l . Ho we v e r , wh e n a b s o l u t e p r e c i s e n e s s i s r e q u i r e d t h e w e a v e r ma y a l s o ma n u a l l y p u l l t h e11/3/2012 Aayush juyal y a r n s t o ma k e t h e m 10. I k a t h a s u n d e r g o n e ma n y c h a n g e s wi t h t i me . A l t o u g h i n n o v a t i o n h a s b r o u g h t e v o l u t i o n s i n t h i s a r t f o r m , Or i s s a s t i l l u p h o l d s t h e p u r i t y o f i t s t r a d i t i o n a l f l a i r , wh i c h c a n b e s e e n i n t h eSonia gandhi wearing a sambalpuri saree g a r me n t s w o v e n h e r e .Sa r e e b e i n g t h e 11/3/2012Aayush juyal t r a d i t i o n a l 11. Th e t r a d i t i o n a l i k a t d e s i g n i s a n i n t e g r a t i o n o f c o n v e n t i o n a l mo t i f s l i k e Sh a n k h a ( Co n c h S h e l l s ), C h a k r a ( Wh e e l ), P h u l a ( f l o w e r s ), m i n a ( f i s h ) a n d o t h e r w i l d l i f e a n i ma l s l i k e e l e p h a n t s ,d e e r s , p e a c o c k s e t c . Th I k a t s i n O r i s s a are d y e d u s i n g e c o -f r i e n d l y c o l o r s e x t r a c t e d f r o m p l a n t s , f l o we r s , l e a v e s a n d b a r k s o f t r e e s . Bu t t h e i n c r e a s i n g d e ma n d o f t h e I k a t ma t e r i a l s i s f o r c i n g t h e we a v e r s t o u s e c h e mi c a l d y e s . A c c l a i me d I n t e r n a t i o n a l C a se hm i o c adl e s i y gen d rI sk la i t kse f h inde c s cs at r l d e sl sa tR h n tn a t h e s i o n i , O o e e a ,M i s n h a nuer B al r n e se d l o n e w i . t h J a t ad y a o n g s11/3/2012 Aayush juyal a c c l aayi ,mi e td sn a t oi t o n a l s t To d nj u 12. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 13. Pas a p a l l i i s o n e o f t h e v a r i a t i o n s o f s a mb a l p u r i s a r e e s . Pas a p a l l i s a r i i s a h a n d wo v e n s a r i g e n e r a l l y ma d e o f si l k f a b r i c a n d h a s a b e a u t i f u l a n d e x c l u s i v e ` a a n c h a l`. Pas a p a l l i s a r i i s wov e n ma i n l y i n p l a c e s l i k e So n e p u r , Ba r p a l i a n d Ba u n s h r i . T h es p e c i a l t y o f t h e s a r i i s , i t h a s c h e s s b o a r d l i k e p a t t e r n s i n t h ee n t i r e b o d y wi t h c h a r a c t e r i s t i c wh i t e a n db l a c k /r e d s q u a r e s . Th e s a r i is n o r ma l l y ma de f r o m c o t t o n , t a s s a r , mu l b e r r11/3/2012 Aayush juyal y s il k a n d mu l b e r r y s i l k a n d t a s s a r 14. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 15. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 16. B o m k a i is a t r a d i t i o n a l e x t r a w e f tt e c h n i q u e f r o m Or i s s a wo v e n o n ap i t l o o m . T h e v i l l a g e o f B o m k a i lendsits name to the b o m k a i s a r i .B o m k a i sariscombine b a n d h a (a n o t h e r t e r m f o ri k a t ) and s u p p l e m e n t a r yt The rb e a d w o r sari ,wcaasl t r a d i t i o n a l l yho mk a i k l e d o r h -c a skwa p t n a b j y a h ia gwhich r e ft e r B r ta o m i h ne s d o b b yl s h tm e cr h a n i rs imt (j a ll s ) n d c e r e m o n i e sd u i n g u a a ama k i n g e a c h p i e c e a n e x c l u s i v eo n e . T h e we a v e r s c r e a t e b r i g h t l ycolored panels with extra weft motifs on a contrasting background.The motifs are freely composed, commonlyincluding k a r e l a (bittergourd), the a t a s i flower, the k a n t h i p h u l (smallflower), m a c c h i (fish), r u i m a c c h i (carp-T r a k o it n c h a l(tortoise), e g e t a b l o t d ys e), m a yfish), d i i o n a l y , v p a d m a (l e usw e ra e u s e d : m c h a r a il a n i fr o r) b l a c k ,u r (peacock), and y r o b a (b dt u r m e r i c f o r y e l l o w , l a c for dark red ormaroon, g i r m a t i (o c h r e t r e a t e d w i t hg h e e ) f o r l i g h t r e d , a n d a c a c i a11/3/2012 s k i Aayush f o r c h r o m e o r a n g e . n juyal 17. Once the dyed yarn isfitted in, the pattern isworked using extra weftThe t e c h n i q u e i s i n i t s e l f atechnique. This gives asaree an almost woven,f u r t h e r i n g o f t h e t i e a n d d y ecarpet like effect.Thet e c h n i q u e . To u c h e s o f I k k a tBomkai design both thewor k c a n e a s i l y b ewarp and weft is dyed f o u n d , h o we v e r , I n c a s e o faccording to theBomk a i , t h e y a r n i s t i e d y e drequirement. For border b u t t h e f o c u s i s n o t o ndesign, warp alone is p aUs in g ear t is m eh c o n seum ei r ngge o u t o ft tn w i c hmprocessed, while forPalavas and anchal oft ywe av i n ga t e cdhynei i qnuge. It th e s h rs e a d si n g n d i t u e dsarees, weft is processed t oa r e g u t t n d c h e n r r aest t i e d l t oou r sc ea h e t o n t c oand overall saree designs,d i fn f t ehr ee s a r ceoel . o r e d y a r n s t o n tboth the warp and weft arec r e a t e t h e u n u s u a l l y l a r g eprocessed.p a l l u . Th i s t e c h n i q u e i sl o c a l l y c a l l e d m u h a j o r h i (o rp a l l u wi t h j o i n e d t h r e a d s )11/3/2012Aayush juyal 18. T h e b o mk a i s a r e e s , a r e mo r e p o p u l a r l y k n o w a s s o n e p u r i s a r e e s , a n d a r e p r o d u c e d b y t h e B h u l i a community of S u b a r n a p u r d i s t r i c t of Orissa T h e So n e p u r i p a a t a s a n d s i l k s a r e e s a r e p o p u l a r i t e ms d i s p l a y e d a t v a r i o u s f a s h i o n s h o w s a n d ma n y d e s i g n e r s a r e n o w i n c l u d i n g b o mk a i i n t h e i r c o l l e c t i o n s , wi t h e a c h o n e s h o wc a s i n g h i s o w n c o n t e mp o r a r y11/3/2012 Aayush juyal v e r s i o n o f b o mk a i . 19. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 20. App l i q u e , i s a F r e n c h t e r m t h a t r e f e r s t o a na r t f o r m o f s u p e r i mp o s i n g p a t c h e s o f c o l o r e d f a b r i c s o n a p i e c e o f b a s i c f a b r i c /c l o t h t og i v e i t a n a l t o g e t h e r a n e w l o o k .Th o u g h t h i s f o r m o f a r t i s n o tu n k n o wn i n o t h e r p a r t s o fI n d i a , i t i s Or i s s a a n d e s p e c i a l l yi n Pi p l i t h a t t h e c r a f t h a s al i v i n g a n d a c t i v e t r a d i t i o nc o n t i n u i n g o v e r c e n t u r i e s .I n f a c t a p p l i q u e works are a vivid expressionof O r i s s a C r a f t s . It is generally accepted that appliquw o r k s o f O r i s s a date b a c k t o m o r e11/3/2012 t h a Aayush juyal y e a r s . T h e p r o c e s s o f n 850 21. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 22. The appliqu c r a f t i s o n e o f t h emo s t p o p u l a r t r a d i t i o n a ln e e d l e wo r k s f r o m t h e p i p l iv i l l a g e o f P u r i district of Orissa. As thetradition of making appliqu w o r k i sl o c a t e d i n Pi p l i i t i s c a l l e dO n e o f t h e mo s t i mp o r t a n t c o t t a g ea s p i p l i c r a f t a n d l o c a l l y i ti n d u s t r i e s e n c o u r a g e d b y t e mp l ei s k n o wn a s Ch a n d u ar i t u a l s wa s t h e c r e a t i o n o f a p p l i q u ewo r k A p p l i q u e i n Or i s s a i s a n o l dt e mp l e a r t , w h i c h h a s b e e n r e f i n e d t op e r f e c t i o n . A f i n e e x a mp l e o f t h e c r a f ti s t h e e n o r mo u s a p p l i q u e c a n o p i e sa b o v e t h e r e i g n i n g d e i t y o f Pu r i , L o r dJ a g a n n a t h r . a d i e t p o p u ll a ry a n f d o tr rma o f i th ia o n i c r a f tTTh i o n a l a dn dd e c o r a t e d saer dt i c l m asn u f a c t ausr C h a ngdaur am e n t s a n du i n e s u c hi n g(r e c t a n g uCl haar r a c t e r i s t t i r ca s a o(h e aar nt d f e e lc a n o p y ),l o k ss h a p e d wi t h wo o d e n s t a n d ) a n d Ch a t t i(u m b r e l l a ) w e r e u s e d f o r t h e p u r p o s e o ft e mp l e r i t u a l s i n c l u d i n g o t h e rt a i l o r e d a r t i c l e s .11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 23. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 24. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 25. D o n g o r m e a n sh i l l , K o n d h , means inhabitant. O n ewh o i n h a b i t s t h e h i l l s i nR a y a g a d a d i s t r i c t of O r i s s a a r et h e D o n g o r i a K o n d h s . This tribe has arich culture of art, dance and music over the last fewcenturies. The most eye-catching ofthe h a n d i c r a f t s are the colorful uniqueembroidery shawls. T h e s e a r e a l s ok n o w n a s K a p a d a G o n d a (m a i nc l o t h ) a n d s i g n i f y a ni mp o r t a n t s i g n a t u r e i n t h e i rT h e st or naadl i i t t i yo n nodf dm aeksi sn g s h a w lp e rari s p r a c t i c e d i n t h e v i l l a g e so fKh a j u r i , Hu n d i j a l i , Ku r l i , Ka d ra k u ma a n d o t h e r s u r r o u n d i n gv i l l a g e s .Th e d e s i g n a n d p a t t e r n s a r en o t t r a c e d o r d r a wn ; t h e y c o u n tt h e t h r e a d s i n o r d e r t o11/3/2012c o n s t r u c t t h e s y mme t r i c a lAayush juyal 26. These natural colored shawls are generally woven by young girls for themselves, their brothers or family members. The colors of the e m b r o i d e r y t h r e a d s are vibrant vegetable colors like red, g r e e n o r yellow. These dyes are extracted from juices of leaves, roots and turmeric. It g e n e r a l l y a k e s 3 to 4months to c o m p l e t eo n e shawl. T t h e girls do t h ew e a v i n g and embroidery while theytend the crops or look after thecattle. While o l d e r m e n sportsimple motifs on their shawls, the youngones wears an artistic piece. A beautifully embroidered shawl is the cynosure of all eyes in a marketplace. T h e s e s h a w l s s e l l i n t h e ma r k e t p l a c e a t 11/3/2012Aayush juyal p r i c e s r a n g i n g 27. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 28. Th ed y e i n gp r o c e ss i sT h e t r i b a l we a v e o f Ko t p a dd o n e b yv i l l a g e i n Ko r a p u t Di s t r i c t i sw o me n t r a d i t i o n a l l y wo v e n i n h e a v ywh i l e c o t t o n r a n g i n g f r o m c o u n t s o fwe a v i n 10s t o 20s . T h e u s e o f n a t u r a l d y eg i se x t r a c t e d f r o m t h ed o n e b yr o o t s o f t h e I n d i a n Ma d d e r t r e eme n . I t (a a l t r e e ) m a k e s i t d i f f e r e n ti sf r o m o t h e r we a v e s .ma i n l yThe weaver uses a threeshuttle i n t e r l o c kt h ep a t t e r n i n g , wh i c h a l l o ws f o rPa n k a i n n u me r a b l e c o mb i n a t i o n s i ntribe engageds c a l e a n d v o l u meinpracticing K or a p u t weav e . 11/3/2012Aayush juyal 29. Whi l e t r a d i t i o n a l mot i f s c o n t i n u e t o b e u s e d , t h e p r o d u c t s wov e n h a v e e v o l v e d f r o m t h e s a r i t o i n c l u d e mo r e c o n t e mp o r a r y p r o d u c t s . The we a v i n g i s d o n e u s u a l l y o n u n b l e a c h e d c o t t o n ,h o w e v e r n o wa d a y s we a v e r s a r e u s i n g b l e a h e d f i n e r y a r n s t o s u i t e t h e r e q u i r e me n t s o f t h e u r b a n ma r k e t11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 30. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 31. K h a n d u a (Also M a n i a b a n d i or K a t a k i ) i s at r a d i t i o n a l "b a n d h a " or i k a t sari produced from Orissa worn byworn by women during wedding and a s p e c i a l t y p e o f w h i c hi s wo r n b y J a g a n n a t h .K e n d u l i K h a n d u a , as p e c i a l f o r m o f K h a n d u a of 12 ft and2 k a n i (each k a n i measures t h e l e n g t h o f a h a n d ) i so f f e r e d t o J a g a n n a t h to w e a r a s k h a n d u a w i t hs t a n z a s a n d i l l u s t r a t i o n f r o m Gi t aGo v i n d a .K h a n d u a is traditionally red ororange in color. The red color is preparednaturally from the s h o r e ar o b u s t a (s a l tree). The designmotif has an auspicious elephant thatrepresents Buddha s u r r o u n d e db y t r a i l i n g v i n ewi t h p e a c o c k s i n i t ,a l a r g e ma n y p e t a l e df l o we r , a u n i q u eO r i s s a n animalcalled N a b a g u n j a r a ,a d e u l a k u mb h a . T h ee l e p h a n t i n Kh a n d u ai k a t f r o m Nu a p a t a n au s u a l l y v a r i e s f r o m 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal e l e p h a n t mo t i v e s i n 32. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 33. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 34. Ha v i n g a n a n c i e n t t r a d i t i o no f ma k i n g s p l e n d i d p i e c e s o fa r t b y h a n d s Or i y a a r t i s t sh a v e l o n g b e e n p r e s e n t i n gt h e i r a w e i n s p i r i n g ma s t e rp i e c e s t o t h e wo r l d . T h e r e a r ea l o t o f h a n d i c r a f t s t h a t h a v eb e e n r u n n i n g a s t h e l i f e f o r c ei n t h e c u l t u r a l l a n d o f Od i s h a(O r i s s a ). S o m e o f w h i c h i n c l u d e -P a t t a C h i t r a , S a n d A r t , Me t a lWo r k , S i l v e r F i l i g r e e , S t o n eC a r v i n g a n d ma k i n g P u p p e t sa n d Ma s k s e t c .11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 35. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 36. Pat t a c h i t r a s a r emin i a t u r e p a i n t i n g s ,u s e d a s wa l l h a n g i n g swit h r e l i g i o u s t h e me sa st h e i r s u b j e c t ma t t e r .L e g e n d s f r o m t h e l i v e so fL o r d Kr i s h n a a r emai n l y d e p i c t e d o n t h i ss p e c i a l l y t r e a t e dc l o t h k n o wn a s Pa t t a .De v e l o p e d o v e r t h ey e a r s , t h i s a r t f o r m h a sh e l p e d a d i s t i n c ts c h o o l o f p a i n t i n g t oe v o l v e . Ha v i n g i t so r i g i n i n Sa n s k r i tl a n g u a g e , t h e wo r d Pa t t aC h i t r a l i t e r a l l y me a n sa p a i n t e d p i e c e o fc l o t h . Th i s r i t u a l i s t i ca r t o b s e r v e s a f i n eb l e n d o f s o p h i s t i c a t e da r t a n d f o l k e l e me n t i nt h e f o r m o f r i c h c o l o r s . 11/3/2012Aayush juyal 37. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 38. P o t t e r s o f Or i s s a s t i l l ma k e e a r t h e n p o t s t o b e u s e d i n v a r i o u s r e l i g i o u s a n d s o c i a l f u n c t i o n s . T h e y a r e ma d e i n v a r i o u s s h a p e s a n d s i z e s a n d a r e a d o r n e d wi t h f i s h a n d f l o w e r mo t i f s a n d g e o me t r i c a l d e s i g n s . Ho r s e s a n d e l e p h a n t s i n t e r r a c o t t a a r e ma d e t o me e t l o c a l d e ma n d s d u r i n g r e l i g i o u s o c c a s i o n s . Th e s e a r e o f f e r e d t o t h e v i l l a g e -g o d d e s s (g r a m a -d e v a t i ) t o11/3/2012 Aayush juyal wa r d o f f d i s e a s e a n d d a n g e r . I n 39. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 40. Ba s k e t s , h a n d f a n sa n d t a b l e ma t s a r ewo v e n f r o m g o l d e ng r a s s b y t h e f e ma l ef o l k . F l o o r ma t s a r ea l s o wo v e n o u t o fg o l d e n g r a s s wh i c hi s a l o c a l p r o d u c t ,T o d a y t h e d e ma n d f o rt h e s e g o o d s h a si n c r e a s e d a n d t h i st e s t i f i e s t o t h e i rb e a u t y , u t i l i t y a n dl a s t i n g q u a l i t y .Ca n e i s u s e d f o rwe a v i n g b a s k e t s a n d11/3/2012 Aayushv e r a ls e juyal i t e ms o f 41. 11/3/2012 Aayush juyal 42. Stone carving i s a n a g e -o l d c r a f t o f O r i s s a .T h e d e s c e n d a n t s o f t h e a r t i s a n s wh oo n c e s c a l e d t h e d i z z y h e i g h t s o fe x c e l l e n c e i n t e mp l e b u i l d i n g h a v ek e p t t h e s c u l p t u r a l t r a d i t i o n a l i v et h r o u g h t h e i r h e r e d i t a r y c r a f t o fs t o n e c a r v i n g . Th e c a r v e d p r o d u c t si n c l u d e r e p l i c a s o f t e mp l e s , i ma g e s o fg o d s a n d g o d d e s s e s , t h e Ko n a r k wh e e la n d h o r s e , a n d d e c o r a t i v e f i g u r i n e sl i k e a l a s a k a n y a (t h e i n d o l e n t d a m s e l )s a l a b h a n j i k a (l a d y l e a n i n g a g a i n s t as a l b r a n c h ), s u r a s u n d a r i (h e a v e n l y .b e a u t y ), l e k h i k a (l a d y w r i t i n g aletter), etc. which are popular items of household decoration. Wood carvings ofOrissa are almost equally popular. They d i f f e r f r o m t h ea r t i f a c t s o f o t h e r s t a t e s i n s o f a r a s11/3/2012Aayush juyalt h e y a r e p l a i n a n d s h i n i n g w i t h s mo o t h 43. Presentation by :Aayush Juyal (01)Farook Khan () Smarnik sable(49)Siddharth Pokhriyal(4811/3/2012Aayush juyal