Weaving dreams
Down To Earth|May 01, 2024
Tribal communities in West Bengal slowly embrace traditional weaving to ensure sustainable livelihood
- DEEPANWITA GITA NIYOGI
Weaving dreams

MANIK MURMU never wanted to leave his home in Tukya village. Yet, he spent his entire adult life working in cities far from his family in the village, located in West Bengal's Purulia district. "I have worked in automobile factories in Hyderabad and as a labourer in various cities in Maharashtra. But, that chapter is closed now," says a relieved Murmu, who last year decided to take up weaving.

Alongside 20 others from the village, Murmu is part of an initiative to generate rural livelihoods post the COVID-19 pandemic. Started by husband-wife duo Arup and Rubi Rakshit, the initiative attempts to revive the art of weaving among tribal communities.

この蚘事は Down To Earth の May 01, 2024 版に掲茉されおいたす。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トラむアルを開始しお、䜕千もの厳遞されたプレミアム ストヌリヌ、8,500 以䞊の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしおください。

この蚘事は Down To Earth の May 01, 2024 版に掲茉されおいたす。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トラむアルを開始しお、䜕千もの厳遞されたプレミアム ストヌリヌ、8,500 以䞊の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしおください。

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