The 16th state of the Union of India, one of the seven sister-states of the North-East, Nagaland, lies on the Naga Hills, which rise from the Brahmaputra valley. Also known as the falcon capital of ...

(Pennsylvania Farm Show) Every year, the Farm Show holds a Sheep-to-Shawl competition, where weaving teams start with an unshorn sheep, and finish a few hours later with a finished handwoven shawl.

“...racks of blue and crimson cloths were airing outside every house; skeins of dyed thread, red, white, black, orange, green and gold, were stretched to dry or lay ...

On a chilly winter evening, Mohd Ramzaan opens the half-clinging patched door of his rented single-story house in Zaina kadal area of Shehr I Khaas, his shoulders decked with an unbearable load of ...

“Making shawls saved us,” says Vishan Das Meghwar, a 35-year-old villager from Thar. “The skill of making shawls helps me earn enough money to feed my family throughout the year,” he says. “I don’t ...

Up north, there is a rich tradition of weaving and embroidering men’s shawls. In Punjab, the shawl comes with the ubiquitous phulkari pattern in resplendent shades celebrating life, and is worn by men ...

In the second half of the 19th century, the shawl “migrated” from India and Egypt to Europe – it was at this time that manufactories in Pavlovsky Posad started to produce various kinds of shawls: ...

Sozni weaving requires hard work and patience as each shawl takes two to three years to complete. The master craftsman must sit with the shawl for six hours every day to create the colorful motifs ...