From the archive record
A woman weaves a mekhela at Sualkuchi, Assam, while a man applies starch on the woven cloth at Sualkuchi in Assam. Sualkuchi or Soalkuchi is situated in the bank of Mighty River Brahmaputra. Sualkuchi is the textile centre of Assam, with large number of cottage handloom industries for which it is also know as "Manchestar of the East". Sualkuchi is famous for producing Assam Silk or Muga or Golden Thread. Muga Silk is obtained from a a species called silkworm that is only found in this part of India only and nowhere in the world can you find this species. It is the one of the cosliest garment in India. Source: exotic-assam.blogspot.com. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from So