Date:22/12/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2004/12/22/stories/2004122200030300.htm

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Ethnic array

IF YOU are looking for ethnic decorative pieces to brighten up your Christmas Day, the Rajasthani exhibition at the Central Cottage Industries Emporium has birds, animals and puppets crafted out of vibrant hand printed cloth. They are embellished with zari, mirror work and embroidery. You can also go in for beautiful carved furniture, miniature paintings, colourful ceramics and textiles.

The Design Store has a wide range of decorative and gift items. There are palm leaf steamers and buntings, animal forms in beads and Ettikopakka birds polished to perfection to embellish the Christmas tree. Also available are designer candles, reed and screw pine mats and table linen, banana fibre and palmyra bags and bins, cushion covers and artefacts. They are not only aesthetic but environmental-friendly.

PUSHPA CHARI