KASHIDA OF BIHAR

Unlike kashida of kashmir embroidery of bihar is famous as

kashida of bihar and is done mostly on fabrics of day to day use.
However the folk involved in kashida work of kashmir are men
and that of bihar is women.
The women have full freedom to expess themselves through their
designs .Since the garments are mostly for personal use the motifs
are highly abstract and stylized and are rarely copied from any
books.
The use of figures dominates kashida of bihar which is in contrast
to that of kashmir.
The designs are mostly rectangles , squares, wavy lines and
diamonds.

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CONCLUSION

India is a land of vivid cultures and its diversity brings with it

different forms of arts and craft Kashida embroidery just being
one of many. What is important is that this embroidery
continues to exist and flourish over years with embibng in it
changes in consumer demands and changing fashion trends. As
it is rightly said there is always a scope for improvement. India
continues to be a leader in handicraft exports in which
kashida embroidery is used. What is even more
acknowledgeable are the efforts of designers to absorb this
traditional embroidery in their creative works. No matter how
globalised and modernised we are today we have managed to
carry our roots along. Its these roots which make us strong .