UPSC – CSE Prelims 2018
ART & CULTURE – INDIAN HANDICRAFTS
Consider the following pairs: (Difficult)
Craft Heritage of
- Puthukkuli shawls – Tamil Nadu
- Sujni Embroidery – Maharashtra
- Uppada Jamdani saris – Karnataka
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 3 only
(d) 2 and 3
Ans: (a)
Sujni
- It is a form of embroidery originating from the Bhusura village of Bihar.
- In ancient times, it was considered as a form of quilting wherein old sarees and dhotis were used as the creative canvas, the cloth was folded twice or thrice and then simple stitches were done on these used clothing to add newness to them.
- It is exclusively made by women in 15 villages of Bhusra in the Ghaighat block of Muzaffarpur and a few villages of Madhubani in Bihar.
- It was accorded Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2006.
Jamdani
- It is one of the finest muslin textiles of Bengal, produced in South Rupshi, Narayanganj, Dhaka District, Bangladesh for centuries.
- The historic production of jamdani was patronized by imperial warrants of the Mughal emperors.
- Under British colonialism, the Bengali jamdani and muslin industries rapidly declined due to colonial import policies favoring industrially manufactured textiles.
- In more recent years, the production of jamdani has witnessed a revival in Bangladesh.
- India filed a geographical indication for Jamdani in 2009, which Bangladesh protested against.
- The traditional art of weaving jamdani has been declared by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity from Bangladesh in 2013.
- Jamdani is a Persian terminology, in which – ‘Jama’ meaning cloth and ‘dana’ meaning any small granule.
Uppada Jamdani Sari
- It is a silk sari style woven in Uppada of East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.
- Uppada Jamdani saris are known for their light weight.
- It was accorded Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2009.