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Spinning wheel or Charka
2016
Banglanatak
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
The machine that is used to spin yarns from fibers is known as the spinning wheel. It is largely known as Charka. The innovation of Charka dates back to the time of the Indus valley civilization. Later the relation between Gandhiji and Charka made this device well known worldwide. It is also associated with the cotton textile industry before the industrial revolution. This particular wheel is known as Noli-pakha charka.
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- Title: Spinning wheel or Charka
- Date Created: 2016
- Location: Bankura
- Subject Keywords: Handloom, Textile, Weaving, Craftspersons, Artists, Bengal, , Culture, Cultural Tourism
- Rights: banglanatk.com
- About the craft: Kenjakura is a quaint village near the serene hills of Susunia in Bankura district of West Bengal. There are around 300 families of weavers whose ancestors came and settled here some 150 years ago. Women spin yarn using Charkha. Weavers, both men and women, traditionally make plain white yards of Maatha Sarees, checkered and honeycombed hand towels – the ubiquitous Gamcha of Bengal, Sarees, dhotis and bedspreads. Kenjakura is developing as a brand of niche products where age old motifs like phuleswari, Mukumb and honeycomb are finding interesting expressions.
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