Our traditional handlooms depict bundles of flowers blooming
to life, the grace of the swans frozen
in time, the extravagant flourish of the peacock’s tail, the ripening succulence of the baby mango and
so many other fruits of creativity.
The soft caress of a baby’s cotton cloth, the grandeur of a
bride’s magnificent silks, the fine layers of perfection in a mother’s attire, and
the macho display of a father’s pancha. No amount of description can do justice
to the intrinsic aesthetic appeal of the Indian loom.
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They are the legacy
of generations of Indian culture.
The soft caress of a baby’s cotton cloth, the grandeur of a
bride’s magnificent silks, the fine layers of perfection in a mother’s attire, and
the macho display of a father’s pancha. No amount of description can do justice
to the intrinsic aesthetic appeal of the Indian loom.
Extravagance, refined elegance, and subtle perfection
expertly woven by the nimble hands of generations of Indian artisans. They are
our cultural inheritance.
A baby opening her eyes to the world cocooned in the
softness of cotton. A girl hiding behind
her mother’s ‘dupatta’ in innocent naughtiness. A boy twirling an invisible moustache playing
pretend as a king using his father’s upper cloth as a prop. These are some of the sweet memories from our
childhood we cherish for life.
The revolutionary idea of self reliance propagated by a
simple turn of the charkha by Gandhiji brought to knees the might of the
British Empire. The spinning wheel of
the Indian handloom helped our society cling onto its cultural identity by
being the signature of the freedom struggle against the oppressive British
regime.
Shouldn’t we pass the baton of the cultural brilliance that
is our handloom heritage to the future of this country? Shouldn’t we pay
tribute to the talented and hard working artisans of our country of immense diversity?
Prabhava is taking a small step to pay tribute to a
diminishing cottage industry and noting the cultural significance of the
handloom through the “Handloom Week!”
It’s time to open up your child’s wardrobe and search
through their clothes looking for ‘muslin jubbahs’, ‘pattu pavadas’, ‘khadhi
lalchis’, ‘noolu’ gowns or any such handloom.
Let us, the teachers, parents and children, wear handlooms for the next
week celebrating our handloom heritage in honour of the Mahatma, Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi.
Dress Code:
24th September to 1 st October : Any
handloom dress
2 October, Gandhi Jayanthi
: White handloom dress
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