From the archive record
A northeast Indian woman weaves silk stole on a wooden weaving machine in Imphal in Manipur. To produce one women’s shawl, known as a “rani phi”, a weaver requires around 40 – 50 grams of silk which is the yield from around 50 silk worm cocoons. Depending on the intricacy of the pattern, she will then work an average of one week to complete the shawl. This is a highly labor intensive and time consuming process but without a doubt, the beauty of the finished result is unequaled. Source: http://theholidayscout.com/ This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion, Full HD, HDCAM 1