Phulkari
literally means working with flowers. It is an embroidery technique using
floral themes, which is widely practised by rural women in the Punjab region.
Earlier any sort of embroidery was referred to as Phulkari, now it is
restricted to embroidery on shawls and Odhani / Odhni (head scarves).Phulkari and its larger
version Bagh is generally meant to embroider floral designs on clothes worn for
special occasions like bridal attire, wedding salwar kameez, chuddidar kameez
and sarees. Tradition had it that girls practised it to get their wedding
trousseau readied before their marriage with no commercial aspect involved.
Today it is also stitched by professional people for the market.
The
practice of giving away a Phulkari and Bagh to the would-be bride by the family
and relatives has come into vogue. Phulkari involves putting a
darn stitch using silken thread or floss called Pat which is quite costly, on
the wrong side of a coarse cotton cloth called Khaddar. Nowadays cost
considerations have restricted this to darning only on the front or right side
of the cloth, by many families. This darn stitch is so beautifully done that
the cloth achieves a striking effect. Phulkari is distributed floral embroidery
over the fabric whereas Bagh leaves sarees hardly any space of the base fabric
visible.
The
end portion of the pallu or pallav have separate panels of exquisite designs on
the phulkari fabric. Phulkari is extremely intricate considering that the
themes are done from memory and the counting of stitches is paramount, where a
misplaced stitch could spoil the design. Red
and its shades being most preferred for being considered auspicious forfestivals, marriages and rites, other colours too like brown, black, blue and
white are also used.
Phulkari themes are
generally objects used and encountered in day-to-day life. Wheat and barley
stalk is the most common motif found. The design in a phulkari is supposed to
represent the deeper emotions and sentiments of the woman who does the
phulkari. Status of a family is indicated through the weaving stitch, the
pattern and the number of phulkaris prepared in a family. The darn stitch is
the most widely prevalent for Phulkari, though Herringbone stitch, Holbeinstitch, running stitch and buttonhole stitch are occasionally used.
The Geographical Indication (GI) status
was awarded after a legal imbroglio in 2011 to the states of Punjab, Haryana
and Rajasthan to use the word Phulkari for their traditional products like
shawls and Odhnis and other related aspects to the art.Unnati
Silks, has trendy designs, attractive patterns, in pleasing colours and
combinations in its wide collection of Phulkariprints work cotton salwar kamiz, at very reasonable prices.
Status of a family is
indicated through the weaving stitch, the pattern and the number of phulkarisprepared in a family. The darn stitch is the most widely prevalent for
Phulkari, though Herringbone stitch, Holbein stitch, running stitch and
buttonhole stitch are occasionally used.
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