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🇮🇳 IndiaKachchh shawl A dense wool wrap from Kutch, woven in two panels and joined with a fish stitchWool · Tie-dye · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaBomkai sari A handloom Odisha saree with fish and temple threadwork on border and palluCotton · Brocade 🇮🇳 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 🇮🇳 IndiaKani shawl A pashmina shawl from Kanihama in Kashmir, patterned knot by knot with small wooden spoolsWool 🇮🇳 IndiaTansukh cloth A fine cotton cloth of medieval India, used for women's bodices and sarisCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaMadisarமடிசார் A nine-yard Tamil Brahmin sari drape, worn over one shoulder for ceremoniesSilk 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKhes A thick hand-woven cotton blanket cloth from Punjab, woven in pairs and joinedCotton · Checks and stripes · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaMekhela sador A two-piece Assamese dress: a wrapped skirt and a drape, woven in muga, eri or pat silkSilk · Brocade 🇮🇩 IndonesiaBalinese textiles The woven cloths of Bali, from sacred double ikat to gold-dusted ceremony wearCotton · Ikat · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaTsüngkotepsü A black and red Ao Naga warrior shawl with a white band of animal and star motifs 🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKhadi Hand-spun woven cloth from cotton and other fibres, promoted in India's independence movementCotton 🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 5 moreLungiলুঙ্গি A tube of cotton tied at the waist, worn by men across South Asia and beyondCotton · Checks and stripes · Batik 🇮🇳 IndiaMurshidabad silkমুর্শিদাবাদী রেশম A fine, light mulberry silk from Murshidabad district, West Bengal, woven mainly into sarisSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇲🇲 MyanmarLongyiလုံချည် A tube of cloth worn in Myanmar, folded at the waist without a knotCotton · Checks and stripes · Batik 🇹🇭 ThailandKhitผ้าขิด A handwoven cloth from Isan, Thailand, with geometric patterns that seem to float.Brocade 🇵🇭 PhilippinesT'nalak A sacred abaca ikat cloth woven from dreamt patterns by Tboli women in MindanaoIkat 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHandloom sari Saris woven by hand on village looms in India and BangladeshSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇹 ItalyToga A heavy woollen cloth draped over the shoulders in ancient RomeWool 🇬🇷 GreeceChlamysχλαμύς An ancient Greek and Byzantine draped cloak made from a single rectangular clothWool · Embroidery 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreKembenꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦤ꧀ A shoulder-baring chest wrap from Java and Bali, held with a cordIkat 🇰🇭 Cambodia and 3 moreSbaiស្បៃ A shawl-like breast cloth derived from the sari, worn over one shoulder in Southeast AsiaSilk · Embroidery · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaVadhuya An ancient bridal garment from Vedic India fashioned from cotton, wool, and hideCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaTarpaya An ancient Indian fine silk or linen cloth worn as a ritual lower garmentSilk

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The weekly drape

Every Monday: seven sarees you may not know, what is being worn this week, and one drape explained step by step.