Sabai Grass Recta Natural Basket Handloom silk an example of this art

an example of this art

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

making it unaffordable to the larger handloom-loving masses

Jharana means waterfall in Odia

Sabai Grass Recta Natural Basket Handloom silk an example of this artThe artistic hands of rural people have given a new recognition in handicraft. Sabai grass is collected from the forest mainly by the rural women who are then dried and made into ropes by manually operated machines . The dyes used for colouring the rope are synthetic dyes. These are then used for making utility items.