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#Thread Most Indian art has some underlying spiritual meaning, as every little thing in this world is perceived as a divine creation. Even the humble #Kantha, once the recycling craft of the women of Bengal and Odisha, was a way to communicate with the Divine.
Women stitched together old, much washed sarees and dhotis and turned them into the softest, warmest quilts after embroidering them with motifs drawn from their own lives, culture, religious beliefs and nature. #Kantha was the art of story-telling and the stitches were the words.
In his book on quilts of India, Patrick Finn quotes a Sanskrit proverb that uses quilting as a metaphor. ‘Slowly one stitches rags, slowly one traverses the path, and slowly one climbs to the top of the mountain’. Did you know that there are special deities in India for rags?
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As we proceed with our discussion on the representations of #soldiers in a variety of #media, specific to the #british army, #indiansepoys during the #worldwars @dStephenB unveils a set of #paintings and #posters this is part of our colab, a thrilling initiative by @MuseumBuddy
These are #handwoven #silk #saris made in #Murshidabad in #Bengal in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Called ‘Baluchari’ sari as they were woven in the land near the river Bhagirathi which flows by Murshidabad. ‘Balu’ means ‘sand’ & ‘char’ means ‘bank’ in #bangla #language ImageImageImage
If you look carefully at these saris, they depict #European #soldiers with their #armsandweapons in their #traditional #costume they definitely caught the fascination of the local #weavers yesterday we saw the soldiers on #femple #terracotta and now on #textiles @MuseumBuddy
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