Jamnagar bandhani
Kumkum-red Jamnagar bandhani: Ganesh blooms out of the cloth dot by dot, rosettes open, and garba dancers made of dots circle for Saal Mubarak.
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Bandhani, from the word for tying, is the tie-dye of Gujarat and Rajasthan, and Jamnagar in Saurashtra is famous for its bright reds. A design is first marked on the cloth, then thousands of tiny points are pinched up and tied tight with thread, usually by women working by hand. The cloth is dyed, often from the lightest colour to the darkest with more points tied between the baths, and when the threads are pulled away every knot leaves a small undyed dot. Rows and rings of these dots make the motifs: flowers, elephants, dancing women and rosettes. Bandhani odhnis and saris are worn at weddings and festivals.
In this film Ganesh blooms out of the red cloth dot by dot, as if the knots were being untied, rosettes open with their rings turning opposite ways like garba circles, and a line of dancers made of dots steps along the border for Saal Mubarak. The artwork is drawn in the bandhani style for this film; it is not tied or dyed by the bandhani makers of Jamnagar.
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