Silk Sarees Essay

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THE TRADITIONAL SILK AND BENARASI SILK SAREES OF INDIA

Silk has always played a vital role in the art of Indian sarees. Be in marriage or any festival when it came to sarees silk was the key player from time immemorial. History if followed well would tell us that the Indian sarees had a strong base for silk as the fabric used the basic material of weaving a saree.
In this section we are going to see the variety of sarees based on silk and comes from various sections of India which have strong base of saree production and that is of silk. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and many more.
Indian Traditional Silk Sarees would include the names like Assam Silk, Katan Silk, Kora Silk, …show more content…

On the contrary the border has a dense floral silk threadwork in navy floral and leaf motif. The pallu has heavy matka type design with navy blue flowers with small dots of yellow threads. The light to carry saree is for a wedding reception with a navy blue contrast blouse.

Image Courtesy https://www.indiansilkhouse.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59_91&product_id=284 The origin of Ikkat saree is from Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh. This can be a fabulous collection in the wardrobe and can be a show stopper if you make your presence in the black based Ikkat silk saree. The saree is uniquely weaved with red and golden yellow resham patch followed by wide zari patch work. The saree is totally for a reception or for party wears. A Zari or beige colored art silk blouse would suit best. This saree can go well with light as well as heavy golden jewellery.

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The name korial is derived from the workd ‘kora’ or white. This red and white Korial Benarasi silk saree is unique in design. The milk white Benarasi has an intricate white weaved body with a golden zari border. The folds are of red again with broad zari motifs with an explicit pallu makes it look absolutely a show stopper one. The saree is suitable for festive occasion especially as a morning wear of any auspicious occasion. This is bit heavy saree and one who has a fascination of a gaudy zari work heavy saree can try this out.

Image Courtesy https://www.indiansilkhouse.com/saree/benarasisilk?product_id=550 This is another Benarasi Silk saree and is unique because it has a plain pink body with heavy and broad zari border with a wide stretch of pain zari in the pallu. This is totally different from the traditional Benarasi saree. The saree would be suitable for the ones who loves walking different from the latest trend and loves to experiment. So a lady wearing this saree with a brocade quarter blouse with round neck would certainly look totally different in the crowd and can stand

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