TRADITIONAL BAGH PRINTED COTTON SAREES COLLECTION FROM MADHYA PRADESH @UNNATISILKS
TRADITIONAL BAGH PRINTED COTTON SAREES COLLECTION FROM MADHYA PRADESH @UNNATISILKS Bagh is a unique style of block printing on handloom fabrics, the name coming from its origin in the current form in Bagh village of Madhya Pradesh handlooms , India. Despite the art being from another region brought by travelers who happened to settle in Manawar, the present style of Bagh printing is said to be from the early 60s when some Muslim Khatris migrated from Manawar to settle in this village. bagh block printed sarees TRENDY BAGH PRINTED COTTON SAREES ON Bagh was practiced by these tribal muslims and the print subjects were mainly geometrical prints and floral compositions. There was a lull in between that led to many of these traditional practitioners deserting the art and being lured away to the production of synthetic fabrics that also came up at that time. It was Ismail Khatri who gave the Bagh its present form by staying on in the practice of this art and...