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Woman Spinning Yarn
November 2017
Avani Society
Berinag, India
Although the craft of spinning and weaving textiles has somewhat diminished, others have found new avenues through which to use these traditional skills.
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Details
- Title: Woman Spinning Yarn
- Date Created: November 2017
- Location: Uttarakhand, India
- Type: Photograph
- Photography: Camille Parker
- Community: One of the primary communities Avani works with are the Bora Kuthaliya, a small caste based in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India. The Bora have a rich heritage and tradition of cultivating and weaving hemp to create bags, rugs, and mats. However, with the government's ban on hemp cultivation in the 1980s, this practice has all but disappeared. Today, with the help of Avani, Bora communities are reviving these traditional weaving skills through new art forms, enabling them to continue making a living in their Himalayan home.
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