Going to showcase some of West Bengal’s iconic weaves in the coming days randomly now that the state can finally breathe! Weavers of West Bengal need your support. The Baluchari is one of the signature weaves of West Bengal. It gets it’s name from the village of Baluchar in Murshidabad District. When Baluchar village was submerged after a terrible flood, the weavers migrated to Bishnupur village in the Bankura District, a place famous for the terracotta temples. The terracotta tiles on the temples depicting scenes from the Hindu epics were translated into the Baluchari saree pallus as design elements. The weave was given a new life in the beginning years of the 20th century by artist Subhagendranath Thakur and Akshay Kumar Das, a weaver artisan from Bishnupur. Even today, Baluchari sarees are being woven in Bishnupur, but @AITCofficial govt neglected the cluster, while taking their cut from every subsidy that was meant for the weavers. This is told to me by several weavers from the cluster. You can buy decent Balucharis from Tantuja, the govt run co-op. #sareeswag #baluchari #weavesofwestbengal

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