Jamdani Sarees

Jamdani For Holud

Nowadays, brides prefer wearing jamdani sarees for 'gaye holud' function.Earlier, brides used to wear only yellow sarees. But now, they choose various colors of jamdani sarees.

The demand for jamdani sarees is increasing day by day. Because, now many brides choose jamdani saree as their wedding outfit. For wedding outfit brides choose colorful and gorgeous jamdani saree with the work of golden or silver jari. Brides also like simple jamdani sarees without any zari for their wedding outfit.

Jamdani Palli

Jamdani Palli is a village of Narayanganj district under Tarabo pouroshova of Rupganj Thana, Naraynganj District is very popular and traditional area of Bangladesh. That area is known as a BISIC Nagari. That nagari is the big area for jamdani Shari all over Bangladesh. After crossing the Kanchpur Bridge, by the way of shylhet road, after 3 km. the jamdani palli is situated. The name of that area is noapara under Tarabo pouroshava of Rupganj Thana. There are number of plot is 460 in that palli. And the huge number of Textile mills is running in that area. The environment is very commercial and busy. According to the agreement between BISIC and artisans of jamdani, the period of living is 100 years. People of Jamdani palli weave jamdani and sell them around Bangladesh. They run their lives by weaving jamdani.

Jamdani Collection By Nilanjona palli

Those who are fond of wearing jamdani, love to buy sarees from Nilanjona Palli,which is situated at dhanmondi 27. Nilanjona Palli has a huge collection beautiful jamdani sarees. Nilanjona Palli has varieties of jamdani sarees such as- dhakai jamdani, dhakai silk jamdani, tangail jamdani and so on.In the picture, it is a vibrant golden brown half silk dhakai jamdani saree with all over heavy work with matching color. Endi cotton black and beige vertical stripes with very neat katha stitch on the chest. Another green saree in the picture is the dhakai jamdani saree with all over heavy work with matching color, brightly dotted with golden jari.

Jamdani Collection By Aarong

As part of Aarong's 30th anniversary Exhibition series, an exhibition on jamdani sarees titled 'Story of Pride' was inauguratedat Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on January 9,2010. The story of pride was expected to create awareness and appreciation among the viewers, so that the jamdani industry and it's precious asset- the weavers can grow and thrive.Besides displaying old heirloom pieces of heritage collection, the exhibition also has sarees for sale, where timeless old motifs were revived. Aarong awarded the six jamdani weavers, who have showcased their excellence in jamdani weaving through this exhibition.

Global Market For Jamdani

The demand for Jamdani sarees has spread worldwide. Not only in Bangladesh, women from all around the world love to wear this saree.Looms constitute the biggest cottage industry of India,engaging millions of looms in weaving the traditional beauty of the country's heritage in cotton, silk and other natural fibres. One can hardly see a village in Bengal, wher weavers do not exist. The region in and around Dhaka is famous for this wonder fabric. This excuisitely woven delicate cotton muslin fabric is admired to be one of the best among the skilled craftsmen of South Asia. Due to the skills and dexterity involved in the making of this fabric, generally, they are of high price. Despite it's expensive price tags, demand for this fabric never declines.

Manufacturing Technique

The fineness of muslin cloth used to depend usually on the art of making yarns. The most appropriate time for making yarns was early morning as the air then carried the highest moisture. For making yarns weavers needed 'taku' , a bamboo basket, a shell and a stone cup. They used popcorn,rice or barely for starch. Before making Jamdani designs they used to dye their yarn and starch it. These days weavers buy fine yarn from the market and use chemical dyes. For making jamdani two weavers sit side by side at a loom. Coarse yarns are used for designs to make the motifs used to be made on gray fabric. Later on fabrics of other colours were also used. In the 1960's , Jamdani work on red fabric became very popular.