Behind the exquisitely woven material is the sweat and hard labour of hundreds of handloom weavers and their family members. |
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The other interested party in the fate of handloom is the banya, whose motives are commercially driven and exploitative. |
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The last place where a handloom was used was a certain old-fashioned roadside cottage in Ronnag, above the Curragh Vreeshey. |
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Sally, 59, now heads the Women Weave Charitable Trust with a mission to popularise Indian handloom. |
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The Livesey Collection includes a table constructed from his original handloom. |
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Nearly 75 per cent of our production goes to powerloom units and the balance to hosiery, banian and handloom sectors. |
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The expo organisers offer a 20 per cent discount on handloom items and 10 per cent on handicraft materials. |
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Some of the other handloom products on display are window curtains, dhotis, shirts, bedspreads, and churidars. |
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The workers in the conventional small industries sector such as coir and handloom face an uncertain future thanks to the globalisation policies. |
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These mills had closed by the 1850's and the handloom had all but vanished. |
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On the other hand, handloom is a traditional industry now finding new markets. |
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They have paid no dues, done no time, served no apprenticeship of lonely toil on pop's equivalent of the handloom. |
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Clay dolls, terra cotta items, khadi, handloom saris and dress materials are on display. |
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When woollen cloth was woven on a handloom the nap had to be combed in order to raise it. |
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It stocks exclusively handloom sarees, and this is evident from the intricate handiwork and embroidery on the latest arrivals. |
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A special discount of 25 per cent is being offered on products made by handloom. |
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They reproduced on a handloom the intricate silk gimps, braids, and tassels needed for the Swan suite. |
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Developing countries eligible for the GSP may be granted access to the tariff quotas for hand-made products and handloom fabrics. |
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Scaling down protection for small handloom units has pushed some weavers to the wall. |
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The sheerness of Chanderi's handloom production was already mentioned by the local aristocracy as of the 11th century. |
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Indus will target children employed in stone quarries, the handloom sector and in making bidis, brassware, leather, glass bangles, locks, fireworks, matches and bricks. |
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Nobody in their right mind would want to return to the world of handloom weavers. |
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It took six spinsters to feed each handloom used to weave thread into cloth. |
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The students of Saraswati Narayanan College too decided to use the Pongal festival as an opportunity to buy handloom sarees and dhotis for all the students and staff. |
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India is also the principal beneficiary of the EC tariff quota opened annually for handicrafts and handloom products. |
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The programmes under the scheme differentiate between the textile and jute sectors, and the powerloom and handloom sector. |
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Structural adjustments resulting of the integration of an economy in the global trade system harms most traditional activities, notably handloom. |
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Marie-Claire Zaugg interrupted her studies in psychology to dedicate herself to handloom. |
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Her passion for textiles and for craftsmanship of exception drives her naturally to handloom, of which India is an unequaled bastion. |
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Working with upholstery, handloom fabrics, chiffon and rayon the duo played around with pleats, cowl necks, beaded chiffon textures, layers and asymmetrical hemlines. |
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Besides coordinated fabrics, dupattas, saris, blouse pieces, kurtas and shirts in pure handloom cotton, mixed-and-matched salwar-kurta sets will also be up for grabs. |
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On show at the festival are leather goods, clay statuettes, wooden showpieces, handloom garments, jute bags, paper articles, metal crafts and so on. |
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The Cottage Industries Emporium here opened shop in 1984, and is considered a one-stop destination to buy varied handicraft and handloom products from all over the country. |
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Another district that is famed for products using the handloom is Kannur. |
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Meantime traditional businesses, handloom, fishing, small scale industries, are suffering being unable to cope with the highly competitive modern industry. |
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Similarly, we will take all effective measures possible for the rejuvenation of our traditional industries such as coir, cashew, handloom, fisheries, khadi and so on. |
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A handloom weaver could propel the shuttle by throwing it from side to side with the aid of a picking stick. |
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Spinning developed first and, until 1830, the handloom was still more important economically than the power loom when the roles reversed. |
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Before 1720, the handloom weaver spent part of each day visiting neighbours buying any weft they had. |
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The institutional intervention resulted in increased cooperation between the weavers and in the autonomous formation of a weavers association aiming at producing and marketing handloom products. |
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In addition to supporting the weavers, JULAHA also decided to support the other professions involved in the handloom sector, in order to build up the capacity of the complete value chain. |
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Some artisans engage in sericulture, while others manufacture lac and glasswork, handloom products, brassware, stone carvings, cane and bamboo products, various woodworks, and pottery. |
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Still inhabited by her passion for handloom, she also brings a concrete support to JULAHA by keeping the books of the association and promoting the production of the weavers. |
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Technological change has destroyed all sorts of once-popular products, from the handloom to the Walkman, and the world has mostly been better for it. |
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They lived off hunting, agriculture and mastered the handloom and pottery. |
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The Award ceremony honoured the dynamism of six women entrepreneurs in the handloom sector, many of them using traditional weaving and gold embroidery techniques and natural dyes. |
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A distinction can be made between the role and lifestyle and status of a handloom weaver, and that of the powerloom weaver and craft weaver. |
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Its handloom industry flourished under royal warrants, making the region a hub of the worldwide muslin trade, which peaked in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
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He was apprenticed by his father to a master handloom weaver. |
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