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161 sarees so far, best known first. 42 more are on the list to be written.

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CraftBrocadeJamdaniIkatTie-dyeBlock printKalamkariBatikEmbroideryKanthaZari workMirror workAppliquéHand paintingTanchoiTemple borderChecks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaShaphee Lanphee A black Manipuri shawl with red borders, embroidered by hand with animals, sun and starsCotton · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaSari-inspired dress A sewn Western dress that borrows the sari's drape, colour and ornamentSilk · Embroidery 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreKebayaꦏꦼꦧꦪ A front-opening blouse worn across Southeast Asia with a sarong or kainCotton · Embroidery 🇲🇲 MyanmarAcheikအချိတ် Myanmar's multi-shuttle silk weave of waves and stripes, made into paso and htameinSilk · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaKasta sariनऊवारी साड़ी A nine-yard Maharashtra sari tucked at the back and worn like a dhotiCotton 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreIkat A resist-dyeing method that patterns yarns before they are wovenCotton · Ikat 🇮🇳 IndiaBafta A plain-woven cotton calico from Gujarat, woven at Bharuch and traded far and wideCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaToda embroidery Red and black counted embroidery on white cotton, worked by Toda women of the NilgirisCotton · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaAntariya An ancient lower body garment from India made of a long cotton or silk stripCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaTelia Rumal An ikat craft that oils the yarn before dyeing it, once made at ChiralaIkat 🇮🇳 IndiaBalaramapuram handloom Cotton handloom cloth from Kerala, finished with a golden zari kasavu borderCotton · Zari work · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaBagh print Hand block printing with natural red and black dyes from a village on the Bagh riverCotton · Block print 🇮🇩 IndonesiaTenunꦠꦼꦤꦸꦤ꧀ Handwoven Indonesian cloth created with ancient ikat and supplementary metallic threadsCotton · Ikat · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaLeirum Pheeꯂꯩꯔꯨꯝ ꯐꯤ A rough cotton wrapper from Manipur, woven in white, black and red for Meitei weddingsCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaTangaliya shawl A Gujarat shawl woven on pit looms, its dots raised by knots of contrast threadCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaShalu A sari from Varanasi that joins Paithani and Banarasi fabricsSilk · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaKasuti Hand-counted embroidery from Karnataka, worked without knots on sarees and blousesEmbroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaLambada embroidery Mirror-and-cowrie hand embroidery by Banjara women of Karnataka and TelanganaAppliqué · Embroidery 🇲🇲 MyanmarLongyiလုံချည် A tube of cloth worn in Myanmar, folded at the waist without a knotCotton · Checks and stripes · Batik 🇮🇳 IndiaPuttapaka sari A silk ikat saree from Puttapaka village, with patterns tied into the warpSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye 🇧🇩 BangladeshGrameen checkগ্রামীণ চেক Bright checked cotton from Bangladesh, woven by village weavers in traditional waysCotton · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaPasapali sari An Odisha ikat sari whose checks are named after a chessboard gambling gameIkat · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaBerhampur Patta A silk saree from Brahmapur, Odisha, with a zari border in a temple (phoda) designSilk · Zari work · Temple border 🇮🇳 IndiaWangkhei Phee A fine white cotton cloth from Manipur, woven sheer and worn for weddingsCotton · Brocade 🇹🇭 ThailandKhitผ้าขิด A handwoven cloth from Isan, Thailand, with geometric patterns that seem to float.Brocade 🇮🇩 IndonesiaParang batik꧋ꦧꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦥꦫꦁ A diagonal Javanese batik motif of interlocking S shapes, read as ocean wavesSilk · Batik 🇵🇭 PhilippinesT'nalak A sacred abaca ikat cloth woven from dreamt patterns by Tboli women in MindanaoIkat 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMuslin A fine plain-weave cotton from Bengal, once sheer enough to see throughCotton 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHandloom sari Saris woven by hand on village looms in India and BangladeshSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari A Karnataka sari with a cotton body and a loop-joined silk palluCotton · Embroidery · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaPaithani A handwoven silk sari from Maharashtra with zari borders and a peacock palluSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaPheichom A men's wrap of the Meitei people of Manipur, worn like the dhoti, in cotton or silkCotton · Block print 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDhoti An unstitched cloth tied at the waist and worn to the ankle, the men's answer to the sariCotton 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreSongketᬲᭀᬂᬓᬾᬢ᭄ A hand-woven brocade cloth of Southeast Asia, patterned with gold or silver threadSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇳 India and 2 moreChintzछींट A painted or woodblock-printed floral cotton cloth originating in GolcondaCotton · Block print · Hand painting 🇮🇳 IndiaSujini embroidery A Bihar quilt craft where women stitch stories with a simple running stitchCotton · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaGadwal sari A handwoven sari from Telangana with a cotton body, silk border and zari palluCotton · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaMalda silk Fine golden-yellow silk from Malda, West Bengal, woven into Baluchari and Garad sarisSilk 🇮🇳 IndiaSurat zari Metal threads from Surat district for patterns in silk fabricsSilk · Zari work · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaChattayum mundumചട്ടയും മുണ്ടും A two-piece white cotton dress of Kerala's Syrian Christian womenCotton · Embroidery 🇨🇳 China and 5 moreBrocade A decorative shuttle-woven cloth with an extra weft, used for Banarasi saris.Silk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreAbrawan A fine muslin from the Indian subcontinent, named for water in motionCotton · Zari work 🇮🇳 India and 4 moreBlock printing Printing patterns on cotton, silk and linen with carved wooden blocksCotton · Block print 🇮🇳 IndiaHabaspuri sari A tie-dye cotton handloom sari from Kalahandi, Odisha, with fish and temple motifsCotton · Tie-dye 🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree A handwoven Bengali saree named for Tangail, woven in Bangladesh and West BengalCotton · Jamdani 🇮🇹 ItalyToga A heavy woollen cloth draped over the shoulders in ancient RomeWool 🇬🇷 GreeceHimationἱμάτιον An ancient Greek wrap of wool or linen, draped without pins over a tunicWool · Embroidery · Hand painting 🇬🇷 GreeceChlamysχλαμύς An ancient Greek and Byzantine draped cloak made from a single rectangular clothWool · Embroidery
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