Contrived by sheer will power, India’s hand woven sarees are masterpieces bending the aesthetics of handlooms. No one would have imagined those spectacular saris are the products of ridiculously simple contraptions of wooden beams, ropes and poles.
Often, the sari may use handspun threads. In local parlance, they are referred to as "Khadi", meaning "homespun". Indeed, skilled weavers are at their element not in the most high-tech factories but earthen huts.
In such a setup, the entire family can be in on the venture, whether it be dying, tying up the loom, weaving or spinning threads.
Hand woven sarees roll on in a vast compendium – every sari is a specialty of a particular region. In turn, the monikers of hand woven sarees take after the place they were woven.
Some hand woven sarees are even endemic to their place of production. This is because the qualities of locally grown fiber, climate, and skilled labor are confined to that region.
For instance, the Balarampuram sari cannot be easily duplicated in other areas as only the extremely temperate coastal climate of Kerala can. |
