Mashru Hand Craft

Mashru Ghaghara                  Mash ru fabrics are effectively teamed with embroidered cotton textiles to create the festive apparel of the Rabaris of Kachchh.Seen on the left is a bridal ghagharo,or skirt. The photo you can see it is very old pattern Ghagharo its made since long years ago still its signing is same and pattern is still same. Bottom of this ghaghara is made by embroidery  work and the work is called aari work. The Indian girl wear like this cloths because its the tradition and culture of India.   This type of Ghaghara Special wore on festival like the most common festival of Gujarat is Navratri. The girls wear like that dress and play Garba on the special occasion  of Navratri. Its traditional dress of India. Mostly this kind of Ghaghara Wear by Rabari and different Cast people. Now a days girl using Ghaghara choli on their wedding ceremony and its too much craze of it. 

Mashru Weavers              Before 50 years ago in Patan in Gujarat there had 400 peat looms but now a days there are only 30 peat looms very less weavers are present now a days, No one new comer will come to in this business even work too, I found that weavers are more healthy and they have a long life because of  Mashru Weaving during work time their hands and legs have good exercise.This Mashru weaving is based on mathematics, weavers are not educated but their maths so excellent due to this work. Weavers making Design by counting each silk stripe. Making one complete Mashru piece 8 to 9 process have to do.               There is such a innovative fabric made by Mahru weavers. In this work two cast involved Khatri and Muslim, Both their people are work together and they are dependable to each other.     They are making different kind of design like Khajuri,Kankan,Mamool,Panch Pato etc.....

Introduction [ Khajuri Mashru ] Mashru fabric is the combination of silk and cotton. The word Mashru Means ‘Permitted’ in Arabic it’s the great meaning because of Muslim people could not wear silk and Mashru is combination of silk and cotton, so the they permitted to wear Mashru because its upper part silk and bottom part is cotton due to this silk is not touched to body so you can permitted to wore Mashru.  In Sanskrit ‘Misru’ meaning is ‘Mixing’.Mixing means mixing of cotton and silk. Mashru has a different types of pattern Khajuri Mashru, Kataria Mashru, Mamul etc. Mahru is used in kurta, stole, Dress Material.