RALLI Q UILTS : E X P R E SSIONS OF C ULTURAL & INDI V IDUAL ID E NTITY - TAASA Review September 2014

RALLI Q UILTS : E X P R E SSIONS OF C ULTURAL & INDI V IDUAL ID E NTITY – TAASA Review September 2014

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This article was originally found in the September 2014 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 23, Issue 3, Page 24).

The full article is available for free to TAASA Members.

Sarah E.

Tucker R alli is a generic term for a diverse group of quilts from Northwest India and Pakistan – a geographic area from Rajasthan in the east to Baluchistan in the west, and from the Punjab in the north to Gujarat in the south.

This is a region particularly well known for its textiles, and is made up of many and diverse ethnic and tribal groups, each with their own quilt designs and use of particular colours and techniques. ...