Craft
The Vanishing Art of Jamdani
In a single village in West Bengal, fewer than 200 weavers still know how to insert a motif by hand into a Jamdani. We spent a season with them.
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The Vanishing Art of Jamdani
In a single village in West Bengal, fewer than 200 weavers still know how to insert a motif by hand into a Jamdani. We spent a season with them.
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