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Traditional Textile Designs and Motifs of the Singpho Community
2022
Banglanatak
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
The Singpho women are experts in weaving and they themselves make their own dresses and accessories such as bags. They weave on simple backstrap looms. The women's textiles have colourful woven floral motifs.
Details
- Title: Traditional Textile Designs and Motifs of the Singpho Community
- Date Created: 2022
- Location: Changlang
- Contributor: Dept. of Tourism, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh facilitated the on-ground research.
- Rights: Banglanatak.com, Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation
- About the craft: The Singphos constitute an ethnic community who believe that they migrated from Myanmar and Yunnan province and settled in the eastern part of Arunachal Pradesh. They are mostly found in the Lohit and Changlang districts. The district is situated in the plains of the Noa-Dihing and Buri-Dihing rivers, and is set in the region of Patkai ranges.
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