Handcrafted from Bengal

Handcrafted from Bengal
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Handcrafted from Bengal. A week-long exhibition of handicrafts from Shantiniketan, West Bengal will be held from August 4-10 at YWCA, West Maredpally Road from 10 am to 8 pm.

A week-long exhibition of handicrafts from Shantiniketan, West Bengal will be held from August 4-10 at YWCA, West Maredpally Road from 10 am to 8 pm. The exhibition will showcase different types of handicrafts such as hand embroidered sarees, Batique items, dress materials, jewellery, block printing, kurta, Madur (mat), jute chappals and bags, mens and womens silk and cotton kurtas and dokra.

Designer grass mats made of golden grass; Khesh sarees, handmade stone jewellery and prepuja collection are some of the highlights of the exhibition. Besides promoting the handicrafts, the exhibition, which is being organised by NARI (Non-formal Action Research Institute), is stressing to shun plastics and use jute and other eco-friendly products. Swayambhar NARI was started as a voluntary group for providing marketing facilities to craft persons. Today, it has more than 1,000 members.

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