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Phulkari workers get peanuts". The Hindu. 3 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009 . Retrieved 23 April 2013. In 2011, after a five-year-long legal case, Phulkari was awarded the geographical indication (GI) status in India, which means that after that only registered traders and manufacturers, from the states of Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan would be able to use the term for the traditional craft, and the patent information centre (PIC) of Punjab State Council for Science and Technology [25] would issue a logo or hologram to distinguish the product. [26] Haryana being an agricultural state, in which women’s also work with men in the fields, hence crafts not evolved into an art form and remain root to their original usage. Art and crafts of Haryana mainly cover the range of pottery, embroidery, and weaving. Colorful phulkari dupatta of Haryana is famous in India and abroad. Pal (1960) describes the following traditional varieties of Phulkari: Bagh, Chope, Subhar, Sainchi, Tilpatra, Neelal, Ghungat bagh and chammas. He also describes the materials used, colours and stitching techniques. The traditional cloth would be khaddar using hand-spun cotton. The cotton would be weaved professionally to create a heavy material. Lighter versions called halvaan were also used. Pal noted that khaddi material was also becoming popular. The colours were red, white, golden yellow green and deep blue. Natural methods would be used to dye the material w such as utilising flowers. A popular method was to use the Rubia cordifolia tree known as Indian madder and Majith in Punjabi. Unspun silk thread known as patt would be used to embroider the designs using the double stitch known in Punjabi as dasuti tropa, herringbone stitch and satin stitch. Long and short stitches would be employed. No stencil would be used to embroider the designs. [4]

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Soft and untwisted floss silk yarn, known as pat, is used. Earlier, strands were imported from China and were dyed by a dyer, that is, lalari using vegetable dyes. Sometimes, cotton and woolen threads were used.a b c d Alop ho riha Punjabi Visra by Harkesh Singh Kehal Unistar Publications PVT Ltd ISBN 81-7142-869-X T. Richard Blurton, Sunand Prasad, Geeta Kapur, Walter Smith, Rosemary Crill, Ratan Parimoo, S. J. Vernoit, Daniel Ehnbom, M. C. Joshi and James H. Nye. India, Republic of. Grove Art Online [1]

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This type of embroidery work requires more patience and artisan skill enhancements needed. Present students are undergoing the fashion design subject in their degree level program, should be studied surface ornamentation is one of their subject and phulkari embroidery is also to be studied. Most of the phulkari embroidery designs are very much attracted by the international buyers and so the creativity of new designs are being made by the fashion design students of the present generation to earn sufficient monetary benefit. Darshan Dwar is a type of Phulkari which was made as an offering or bhet (presentation). It has panelled architectural design. The pillars and the top of the gate are filled with latticed geometrical patterns. Sometimes human beings are also shown standing at the gate. [5] This phulkari is worn during the pheras of the marriage ceremony. This is in red color and is embroidered with five floral motifs in each corner and five in the center.Art and Crafts of Haryana also include sculpture and murals both of Persian and Mughal style. Woven furniture, artistic sheet metalwork, wooden bed making zari & Tila Jutti(leather footwear), lacework, bone carving and some of the artistic craft that Haryana is known for. Grewal, Neelam (1988). The Needle Lore: Traditional Embroideries of Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan. Ajanta Publications (India). p.53. ISBN 978-81-202-0204-7. This is a shawl in plain red khaddar, meant for daily use. It has floral Buti embroidered at a distance in the field of the shawl.

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This phulkari has a lotus in the center with birds and animals in the field depicting the universe. a b c d e f "The past and present of Phulkari". The Tribune. 6 March 2015 . Retrieved 30 August 2019. This phulkari is adorned with small mirrors attached using buttonhole stitch. The base color is red or brown embroidered with yellow or blue thread.

a b c "SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE: Crafting an artistic future". The Tribune. 1 December 2002 . Retrieved 23 April 2013. The designs are neither drawn nor traced. They are the products of the imagination and creativity of embroiders and become stylized because the darning stitch is worked in straight lines. A large number of motif designs are inspired by the lives and surroundings of people, which are as follows: Phulkari utilized khaddar/khadi as the base fabric. This base fabric was available in three varieties, such as khaddar, which was loosely spun and coarsely woven; chaunsa khaddar, a comparatively better variety; and halwan, a light weight and finely woven khadi fabric. The average size of the phulkari and bagh is about 230 x 138 cm. Originating in Rawalpindi, the ghunghat bagh is heavily embroidered around the centre on the edge to be worn over the head. The embroidered centre is then pulled over the face so as to form an embroidered veil. [4]

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There is reference to Phulkari in ancient texts, folk legends, and literature of Punjab. In Harishcharitra, the biography of the Emperor Harshavardhana (590-647 CE), the last ruler of great ancient Indian Vardhana empire, the seventh-century chronicler Bana wrote, "Some people were embroidering flowers and leaves on the cloth from the reverse side," which is a technical description of Phulkari embroidery. [12] However, the earliest reference to the word Phulkari is in Punjabi literature in the 18th century Waris Shah's version of Heer Ranjha (a legendary Punjabi tragic romance) which describes the wedding trousseau of the female protagonist Heer and lists various clothing items with Phulkari embroidery. The first extensive English publication on Phulkari was by Flora Annie Steel in 1880 where she describes the various styles and exhibited the varieties in picture form. [13] Phulkari was essentially a product of domestic work done by the women of the household. The fabric on which Phulkari embroidery was done was hand spun khaddar (a handloomed plain-weave cotton fabric). Cotton was grown throughout Punjab plains and after a series of simple processes it was spun into yarn by the women on the charkha (spinning wheel). After making the yarn it was dyed by the lalari (dyer) and woven by the jullaha (weaver). Punjabi poetry is incredibly beautiful and important, spanning across our early history and through colonialism, and now to diasporic communities. There was a lot to work with here, but I feel like everything ended up being a little surface-level and repetitive. Online Punjabi Slogan T shirt, Tees for Men, Ladies, Kids | 1469workshop". www.1469workshop.com . Retrieved 31 January 2020. The motifs used in kasuti embroidery varied between mycological and architectural to flora and fauna. The motifs used in kasuti are inspired from-

Haryana Handicrafts and handlooms have already marked its existence in the market. The is famous for many unique Haryana crafts and the most famous is Surajkund crafts fair which is held in February every year, which displays Indian handicrafts from all over India.