Discover Mymensingh nakshi kantha, the hand-embroidered quilt stitched by rural women, with its history, motifs and tips for buying fairly.
Archives: Crafts
Narsingdi deshi taat is the district’s local handloom cloth, woven around Shekherchar, Baburhat and Madhabdi and used for lungi, gamcha, sarees and home textiles.
The Narsingdi saree is a light cotton saree woven in the district’s handloom and powerloom units and traded in bulk at Baburhat, Bangladesh’s big cloth market.
Narsingdi gamcha is the thin, quick-drying cotton towel woven in the district’s weaving units and sold at Baburhat, a practical keepsake from a Narsingdi trip.
Narsingdi lungi is the checked cotton garment woven in the district’s weaving units and traded at Baburhat, one of Bangladesh’s biggest cloth markets.
The story of Austagram cheese, the handmade paneer of Kishoreganj’s haor: how it is made, why the haor shapes it and where to buy it.
Madaripur pottery is a seasonal clay craft made for Pahela Baishakh fairs, now facing a shortage of land and clay.
Madaripur boat building is a seasonal craft where carpenters race to finish wooden boats before the monsoon floods arrive.
Gopalganj sweet making is the family craft of turning milk, chhana and sugar into roshogolla, chomchom, jilipi and doi.
The Gopalganj puja mandap is a temporary Durga Puja craft of bamboo frames and delicate paper cut-outs, lit up after sunset.