Gamcha obsessions
Bengal is famous for its handweaving and every home has a
few Gamchas around- they are a Bengal bath towel and favoured dress of workers
everywhere in the tropical heat.
Bright and bold colours- they are a favourite with our
guests when we are on tour [Creative Arts Safaris- our reason to slip out of
the workshop on occasion].
Since the first one I spotted I have wanted to make quilts, here
is our first batch. I don’t know when we will have more, we have to wait for
the Great Pause to finish and let us travel again.
Our first pile of quilts
Rickshaw puller dressed in gamcha
Gamcha seller in the Sundarbans- after a day out looking for tigers a little gamcha therapy is fun
This guy with his shop on a pushbike did not know what to think.... he was totally in shock at first to see all these foreigners and then we were accosting him and wanting to see his gamcha... and there was a little gentle scrambling over some of them too.
He was so chuffed by the time we reduced his pile by half, I bet he is still thinking of us.
Day wear Gamvha
The amazing flower markets of Kolkata all the vendors wear gamcha, I have a few dresses I made out of gamchas and I always wear one on the day we visit the markets- it is noticed and get the thumbs up 👍
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