RANN OF KUTCH

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NTRODUCTI
ON COM M UNI
TY CULTURE CLI
M ATE
Rabari Em broidery and Bhungas are m ai nl y setup in
Kutch di stri
ctis a di stri
ct 1.Dhebar-wanderers crafts and deserti slands (fertileland in
ofGuj aratstate in 2.Kachhi-settled jewel l
ery the m i
ddl e ofthe desert) i n
western I ndia,coveri ng 3.Vagadi ya-settled m aking the northern parts ofKutch
an area of45, 652 km . sq. M arwada Hari jan region ofGuj arat-
itis the largestdistri ct li
ves in bhunga houses special l
y Banniand
inIndi a.Peopl e ofthi s rel
igion and
nearBannival ley.Known Pachham .Bannii s a flat
region are ofvery l ow rel
igious
forthei rem broidery and plain area with silty clay soil
incom e cl ass.Itis also events-j
akkah’s
crafts. type.M ud and thatch are
an earthquake prone fai
r-Navarathri
Ahir-farm ers m ostcom m onl y used l ocally
area. availabl e constructi on
Kam agiri m aterials.
Jat-buffalo breeders and painti
ngs of
som e are cam elherders kutch-wal l
s

LOCATI
ON M AP
SETTLEM ENT PATTERN
Guj
arat, A typicalfeature i s thatifwe entera house on one si de ofthe
I
ndia streetthe entry isi n a room while on the opposi te site ofthe street
the entry isin the room whi l
e on the opposi te si
de ofthe streetthe
entry isinto the courtofthe house.Thi s repeats al ternately
resulti
ng in a section m aking the curvili
nearstreets dynam i c HEI
RARCHY
and vi suall
yi nteresting.
shared doorfront
Kutch,
/aangan
Gujarat
nei
ghbourhood space

m ai
n streetchowk as
com m unity space
Rann of
Kutch-dry
region m ai
n vi
llage square
Kutch-
hotand
hum id
region

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