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Kannur's National Handloom Day featured a fashion show by IHARD College students, displaying Praveena's designs using Kuthampully fabrics, guided by teachers and attended by district officials.
The state run Hantex, a division of the Kerala State Handloom Weavers’ Cooperative Society Ltd, is struggling.
They have neither received wages nor yarn from the authorities for the last five months.
The visitors will have the facility to try their hands at weaving handloom cloth by operating the machinery, said Kannur MLA Kadannappally Ramachandran.
As many as 15 classical musicians performed Live as part of the show's opening act in association with partners of 'Sankalp for Khadi'- Raahein ensemble by Dear Sunshine Foundation.
The documentary will be an anecdote of the history of the arrival of handlooms, its connection with the Royal Family of Travancore and the lost glory behind it, Sanjana says.
Several well-known Indian designers including Ritu Beri, Farah Ansari, Rina Dhaka, Asma Husain, Aditi Rastogi and Himmat Singh showcased their designs at the show in Lucknow.
The lockdown hit the handloom sector at a time when it was expecting a turnaround after the floods in 2018 and 2019.
Paul Raj was a 16-year-old boy when he migrated to Kerala from the border town of Marthandam in Tamil Nadu, in 1984.
The US-based doctor's idea is to introduce handloom saris there as an occasion or party-wear or office wear rather than just festive apparel.
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