Kutch mirror-work
Ganesh, a toran and an elephant embroidered on black cloth in the Kutch style, their stitched mirrors flashing as the light sweeps over them.
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Kutch, the desert district of Gujarat, has one of the richest embroidery traditions in India. Communities such as the Rabari, Ahir, Mutwa and Jat each keep their own stitches and motifs, and women traditionally embroidered their own clothes, wall hangings and the door-hangings called torans, often as part of a bride's dowry. Bright silk thread is worked onto dark cotton, and small round mirrors, called abhla in Gujarati, are held in place with a frame of interlaced stitches so that they flash when they catch the light. Peacocks, parrots, elephants and flowers are common motifs.
In this film Ganesh, a toran and an elephant are embroidered on black cloth in that style, and a sweep of light makes the stitched mirrors flash one after another. The artwork is drawn in the Kutch style for this film; it is not stitched by Kutch embroiderers. Your names and message are set inside a border of stitches.
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