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Sarees of North-East India

Assam muga, eri and pat silk, mekhela chador, and the backstrap-loom textiles of the hill states. 15 sarees on EveryPallu so far.

Typical motifs

Stripes

Checks

Buta

Lotus

States and territories

Assam Manipur Nagaland Meghalaya Tripura Mizoram Arunachal Pradesh Sikkim

Weaving centres

Sualkuchi 2 Bodoland 1 Dhakuakhana 1 Moirang 1 Sadiya 1 Wangkhei Colony 1 Agartala Aizawl Guwahati Imphal Jorhat Kohima Noklak Shillong

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Phanek: অজয় দাস, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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