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the use of wooden blocks with nails projecting from them. these nails are pressed on to the folded cloth. the required pattern is thus formed. the raised points of the cloth are tied tightly with strings coated with resist-paste and then dyed. this odhni is associated with many rituals and festivals in
folk songs and lyrics. the patterns are mainly geometrical, and dots, squares, and circles, coloured in brilliant greens, reds, yellows, blues are used. the motifs include birds, flowers, and leaves, as well as depictions of women performing the garba dance. the chunri design is also found in bhilwara...
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