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Zari is also known as Zardosi embroidery. This type of embroidery exists in India from the time of Rigveda. Zardozi is a combination of two Persian terms zari means gold and dozi means embroidery. Zari embroidery is done using gold and silver thread for embroidery work. Surat and Varanasi at the Paramount centers for making the metal thread known as Kalabathi. This embroidery prosper during the Mughal period and was done on silk. It involves preparing complex designs using gold and silver threads and studded pearls and precious stones and magnificence to the work. Phulkari coat belonging to Ms Pritam Kaur, now housed at the Partition Museum at Amritsar The Political Significance of Phulkari

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Phulkari workers get peanuts". The Hindu. 3 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009 . Retrieved 23 April 2013. Phulkari embroidery started in the 15 th century and continues till today. Phulkari is a Punjabi rural tradition of handmade work derived from two Sanskrit word phul means flower and Kari mean work. Phulkari means the flower craft, floral work in which the entire surface of the shawl is decorated with floral designs. Phulkari and Bagh were the traditional embroidery shawls from rural Punjab. The word Phulkari is common in East Punjab and Bagh is a popular word for shawls in west Punjab. Phulkari is a shawl that is designed as embroidery to cover women’s heads to be displayed in a Gurdwara. Phulkari is an integral part of the life of Punjabi girl and is considered to be opportune, symbolizing happiness prosperity, and Suhaag of a married woman. This is a unique kind of bagh having the field divided in 52 squares. Each square has different geometrical motif. This phulkari is worn during the pheras of the marriage ceremony. This is in red color and is embroidered with five floral motifs in each corner and five in the center.Sainchi Phulkari/Nilak Phulkari, 20th century. The Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Phulkari Collection. Image Credit: Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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and the tutorials to make 10 easy mirror embroidery designs Mirror embroidery design techniques Chikankari This is a shawl in plain red khaddar, meant for daily use. It has floral Buti embroidered at a distance in the field of the shawl. In a brief issued by the Museum, Timothy Rub, The George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, said: Phulkari, which literally translates to ‘flower work’,is a unique style or technique of embroidery particular to Punjab. However, more than just a handicraft, the threads of Phulkari are inextricably tied to the history of Punjab. Both have endured much: partition, industrial reforms, changing economic and fashion trends. A recent exhibition held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art tried to tell just this story. a b c "SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE: Crafting an artistic future". The Tribune. 1 December 2002 . Retrieved 23 April 2013.

Women Empowerment Through Phulkari Program, The Nabha Foundation, Punjab, India https://thenabhafoundation.org/women-empowerment/ As the name suggests, this embroidery is originally from the Kutch region in Gujarat. Kutch is famous for many beautiful embroidery styles. The Kutch work in geometrical patterns is done mainly with herringbone stitches which are then interlaced with a contrasting colored thread. This work is also referred to as Sindhi embroidery. a b c d Alop ho riha Punjabi Visra by Harkesh Singh Kehal Unistar Publications PVT Ltd ISBN 81-7142-869-X

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Haryana being an agricultural state, in which women’s also work with men in the fields, hence crafts not evolved into an art form and remain root to their original usage. Art and crafts of Haryana mainly cover the range of pottery, embroidery, and weaving. Colorful phulkari dupatta of Haryana is famous in India and abroad.

T. Richard Blurton, Sunand Prasad, Geeta Kapur, Walter Smith, Rosemary Crill, Ratan Parimoo, S. J. Vernoit, Daniel Ehnbom, M. C. Joshi and James H. Nye. India, Republic of. Grove Art Online [1] Over the years, the Indian and Punjab governments have been working towards promotion of Phulkari embroidery, by organizing special training programs, fairs, and exhibitions. [3] Since most of the women artisans creating Phulkari are in the unorganized sector or work through middlemen, they do not make much money compared to an actual selling price of their product. To overcome this, Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation (PSIEC) [27] formed women self-help groups and cooperatives to sell directly and make more profits. [28] Their products retail at PHULKARI- Punjab Government Emporiums [29] in New Delhi, Chandigarh, Patiala, Kolktata, and Amritsar. The Patiala Handicraft Workshop Cooperative Industrial Society Ltd [30] (Society for Rural Women Empowerment) founded a Phulkari cluster in 1997. 880 Phulkari artisans are now part of the cluster and over 10,000 women have been trained in Phulkari embroidery. Close-up of tracing on cloth - a contemporary Phulkari embroidery technique by female artisan in Rajpura, Punjab (India), 2015