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Weaving a traditional cloth on the handloom in the North-eastern state of Assam in India. Indian handicrafts. A handloom in a room on stilts in the very green outdoors of Assam. A Woman weaves a mekhela in a typical handloom workshop in Assam. Handloom weaving forms a cultural constituent of the woman of Assam. In earlier days most of the cloth required for the family was produced in the family itself. Now the scenes have changed totally in urban areas. Mill products are gradually replacing the homemade products. Home made cloths are Mekhla and Patani (lower garment of the women), chaddar (upper garment of the women), gamocha (towel), dhuti, bed sheet, eri (endi), etc. some of them have fly shuttle or throw shuttle and Assamese type loom. Throw shuttle loom antedates the fly shuttle loom.
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