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States of the Union shine and shimmer...
Vinod Khanna has a first hand experience of tribal delights in New Delhi.
HOWEVER MUCH new designs and styles ruling the market attract you, display of products from various corners of the country representing their ethnicity, any day makes one stop and stare. The cut, the shape, the material, the look, the colours, the finish - all become so unique that the modern day branded items look a shade grey in front of them. The same could be felt after a trip to the six-day exhibition of tribal weaves and jewellery at Delhi's TRIFED-run shop, Tribes.
Starting with garments from States like Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Manipur, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat etc, the fair, which ended this Monday, also had displays of exquisite, eye-catching jewellery from these and other States. With women festooned in their traditional attire and jewellery sitting at the stall counters with their arrays, it was mini India with all its flavours and diversity.
Besides exhibiting garments made from their customary `Motia Kapra,' the Jharkhand stalls flaunted silver ornaments in both silver and gold finish items like `mandali' earnings, `tarapad' neckwear, `bajuband' armlet and such other jewellery so typical of their wedding collection. While a lone woman sat smiling with her display of multi-coloured beaded neckwear from Gujarat, an ornately dressed tribal woman from Madhya Pradesh eagerly put forth her `Bichia' earnings, rings, and necklaces for sale. While crowd showed interest in the Himachal Pradesh stalls, where more than shawls, the attention was focussed on silver jewellery, specially the ear tops, an interesting fare was brought by the Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh stalls too. As the former showed off their traditional beaded neck wear and bracelets besides their traditional garments, the latter had interesting necklaces with traditional motifs like `dhol' and `spear', etc. The Sikkim jewellery store too had interesting `Churras' and mini daggers etc. Besides saris, the Tamil Nadu stalls had terracotta jewellery.
Flagged off with VIP presence including Minister of State for External Affairs, Vinod Khanna, Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram and Minister of State for Tribal affairs, Faggan Singh Kulaste, the exhibition, according to the organisers, drew "a considerable crowd." However, the participants lament that the crowd came and saw and a few bought.
Maybe, that's where we lose track as far as promoting our own wares is concerned.
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