Tribal Rust Tree of Life Sambalpuri Cotton (Fabric) Meter:3 The designs now known as

The designs now known as Bomkai developed in late 80’s around Sonepur (Western Odisha) on finer cotton & silk with numerous buta/buti design- which is nowadays the main focus point of Odisha handloom sarees

are made using Pipli Applique Craft techniques

Decorating the Raksha Bandhan thali in various ways has been trending for years

Unwed Dongria girls sit at ‘Dongr’  embroidering beautiful geometric patterns on plain handwoven shawls

which would otherwise take up a lot of time and difficult simultaneous usage of hands and legs of the weavers leading to much higher cost of the same fabric

Tribal Rust Tree of Life Sambalpuri Cotton (Fabric) Meter:3 The designs now known asSambalpuri Bandha Saree & Fabrics from GI (Geographical Indications) document says that Tie & Dye weaving in western Odisha came into existence during 600 BC. In traditional handwoven ikat or baandha, one of warp weft is tied and dyed prior to weaving (single ikat) or both warp and weft are tie dyed before weaving (double ikat). Weavers are distributed in Bargarh, Boudh, Sonepur, Bolangir, Nuapada & Sambalpur & some parts of Dhenkanal, Kalahandi,