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Elaborate Maya textiles featured representations of animals, plants, and figures from oral history. [10] In modern times, weaving serves as both an art form and a source of income. [11] Organizing into weaving collectives have helped Maya women earn better money for their work and greatly expand the reach of Maya textiles in the world.
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History of the Navajo Rug, by Navajo Rug Repair Co. Towards an Understanding of Navajo Aesthetics, Kathy M’Closkey Archived 2013-04-05 at the Wayback Machine; Navajo Weaving at the Arizona State Museum: 19th Century Blankets, 20th Century Rugs, 21st Century Views – an illustrated history, with comments from Navajo weavers and museum curators
Lavjibhai Parmar is an Indian weaver artist who is a master of weaving called Tanglia. [1] In 2025, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri for his contribution in the field of arts. [2] [3] He belongs to the Dangsia community. [4]
Julaha is the name of the community of weavers and they are Socially and Educationally Backward. Other prominent weaving and handloom communities of Indian subcontinent include the Salvi, Panika, Ansari, Devanga, Padmasali (caste), Koshta and the Kashmiri Kani weavers. [1] Known under many names, the julahas have been practising this art for ...
The handloom weavers of Gujarat, Maharastra and Bengal produced and exported some of the world's most desirable fabrics. Britain's response was to cut off the thumbs of weavers, break their looms and impose duties on tariffs on Indian cloth, while flooding India and the world with cheaper fabric from the new steam mills of Britain.
Devanga (also known as Lingayat Devanga, Devanga Shetty, Devanga Chettiar) [1] [2] [3] is a Hindu caste from South India that traditionally followed the occupation of textile merchandise, weaving and farming [2] mostly found in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Odisha. [4] [5]
In the late nineteenth century, competition from British made textiles led Indian weavers to invent new types of garments. [2] In Bhavani, a community of weavers called Jangamars weaved a type of blanket using colored coarse threads called Jamakkalam. [4]