The sarees of Assam
9 sarees tied to Assam: woven there, or made its own.
Motifs of Assam
🇮🇳 IndiaDokhonaदख'ना
A wrap-around cloth worn by Boro women of Assam, usually yellow, with woven Agor designsCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaAssam silk
Golden muga, white pat and warm eri silks, reared and hand-woven in AssamMuga
🇮🇳 India and 1 morePathin
A striped wrap skirt of the Hajong people, worn from bust to calf in Northeast IndiaSilk · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaPat silkপাট ৰেচম
A glossy, naturally white mulberry silk from Assam, woven into mekhelas and chadarsSilk
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreSarongꦱꦫꦸꦁ
A wrapped tube of cloth worn at the waist, from the Malay world to Kerala and SomaliaCotton · Batik · Ikat
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreNakshi kanthaনকশি কাঁথা
An embroidered quilt from Bengal, stitched from old sarees with a simple running stitch.Cotton · Kantha · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaMekhela chador
Assam's two-piece dress: a pleated tube skirt, the mekhela, and a draped sadorSilk
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreEri silk
A wild silk from northeast India, spun from cocoons the moth has leftEri
🇮🇳 IndiaGamosaগামুছা
A white cotton cloth with a red border from Assam, woven for Bihu, prayer and daily useCotton
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
- Eri silk: Simtastic01, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Assam silk: Hiranmoy Boruah, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dokhona: Bodoland Territorial Council, CC0, source
- Mekhela chador: Deepraj, CC BY 2.5, source
- Gamosa: Priyankoo at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Nakshi kantha: A junaid alam khan ( talk ), Public domain, source