Purple Black Animal Anchal Bomkai Silk Saree craft The tie and dye or

The tie and dye or ‘bandha’ of labanga (cloves) motifs is done beforehand for hundreds of metres by two to three weavers together

and handwoven storage baskets

tiger with hunter

handwoven upper garment or stole

And this saree has 17 GI tag information woven over it including handlooms

Purple Black Animal Anchal Bomkai Silk Saree craft The tie and dye orBomkai Facts from GI (Geographical Indications) Document Bomkai saree originated from a small village called Bomkai in Ganjam district, South Odisha (woven mainly on coarse cotton). The designs now known as Bomkai developed in late 80s around Sonepur (Western Odisha) on finer cotton & silk with numerous buta buti design which is nowadays the main focus point of Odisha handloom sarees. It is woven by keeping warp stretched and extended while weft