Sarees of North-East India
Assam muga, eri and pat silk, mekhela chador, and the backstrap-loom textiles of the hill states. 16 sarees on EveryPallu so far.
Typical motifs
States and territories
Weaving centres
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreSarongsarung
A tubular waist-wrap of batik or checks, worn across Asia, Africa and the Pacific.Cotton · Batik · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaPhanekꯐꯅꯦꯛ
A wrapped skirt worn by Meitei women in Manipur, woven with patterned stripesMuga · Checks and stripes · Embroidery
🇮🇳 India and 1 morePathin
A striped wrap skirt worn by Hajong women in Northeast India and BangladeshSilk · Checks and stripes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sarong: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Phanek: অজয় দাস, CC BY-SA 4.0, source