V E ILS OF C H ANG E RABARI W E DDING S H A W LS - TAASA Review September 2014

V E ILS OF C H ANG E RABARI W E DDING S H A W LS – TAASA Review September 2014

This article was originally found in the September 2014 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 23, Issue 3, Page 13).

The full article is available for free to TAASA Members.

Carole Douglas L achhuben Karna Rabari sits in a pool of sunlight in front of her home in Bhujodi, central Kachchh (aka Kutch), Gujarat.

She is quietly stitching together two hand woven lengths of cloth that will eventually become a shawl destined for a foreign buyer.

Her fingers work deftly and she glances up only briefly as I sit down beside her...