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History of Leheria
Costumes made from leheria can be traced back to the 19th, and early 20th centuries, when the dominant business community of India, especially Gujarat, wore turban made from elaborately tied, brightly coloured striped Leheria, as a mark of distinguishment. |
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| Fine Art |
| The Leheria is yet another indigenously Gujarati fabric style, which also mirrors in the costumes of neighbour, Rajasthan. Leheria comes from the Hindi word Leher, meaning waves. Thats just how this beautifully striped fabric looks like. Layer after layer wave after wave of colourful stripes. Generally turbans and sarees are made from Leherias. |
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| Procedure |
| Leheria is a method of resist dyeing where the fabric is rolled up and tied tightly at intervals then dyed, so that the sections that have been tied remain undyed and the untied portions take the colour of the dye bath.Since colour must penetrate right through the tightly rolled fabric, so that leheria technique can only be applied to highly permeable, thin loose cotton or silks. The fabric i. e. the turban or the saree lengths are rolled diagonally from one corner to the opposite selvedge, and then tied at the required intervals. The pattern results in diagonal stripes. If much multi-coloured stripes are required they can be obtained after the first dye bath by opening up some sections of the rolled fabric, leaving other sections still tied and tying up fresh sections, then dyeing the whole, or part of the fabric in a fresh colour. |
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| Resources |
| Basic Material : Dye colours, silk or cotton cloth. |
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| Artifacts |
| turbans, sarees |
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