Whenever there is a traditional festival around the corner, what does any woman look for? Well, every Indian woman in love with her heritage and culture loves to demonstrate the same with a traditional saree-look. They all want to look different and divine at the same time. As Poila Baisakh is almost here, every Bengali woman is getting ready for the auspicious day marking as the start to a fresh new Bengali Naboborsho. The first thing at the top of the to-do list is to get the right kind of saree for a day of family gatherings and celebrating joyful times together, as putting together your best saree-look is as much a challenge as it is fun.
This Poila Baisakh one trendsetter will be the Dhakai Jamdani sarees. An ageless beauty, Dhakai Jamdani sarees are a work of art and craft that has survived since ages. Originated in the city of Dhaka in Bengal, these sarees used to be made out of the finest kind of Muslin. Dhakai Jamdani sarees found a lot of demand and popularity under the Mughal patronage. Although the colonization and eventually, the partition caused quite a major set-back to the making of Dhakai Jamdani sarees, but eventually it again found its foothold and claimed its place as one of the most known and preferred sarees from the land of Bengal. The Dhakai Jamdanis are mainly from Dhaka, Bangladesh as they hold the GI tag for the production of Dhakai Jamdani.
Owing to this massive reputation and demand, Dhakai Jamdani sarees have evolved a lot and that is evident from the sheer variety of Dhakai Jamdani sarees online. Originally, Dhakai Jamdani sarees were known for their ornamental motifs and golden-silver threadworks. With the times passing by, there is much more variety to be found. Earlier, Dhakai Jamdani sarees used to be made out of pure cotton fabric only and woven completely by hand. But to cater to the rising demands, now Dhakai Jamdanis are also produced in looms. Fabric-wise, nowadays we can find a lot of different fabrics like silk mixed with cotton or even fully silk jamdanis sarees.
The speciality of the Dhakai Jamdani sarees is their use of fine Muslin cloth and their unique weaving pattern. The body of the saree contains floral motifs mainly. Nowadays we find many more kinds of motifs on Dhakai Jamdani sarees like terchha, jhalar, chains, but mostly small elements inspired from the simple Bengali culture.
Dhakai Jamdani sarees are a precious purchase and should be cared for like any other precious belonging. So, this Poila Baishakh, be sure to look bedazzling adorning an exquisite Dhakai Jamdani saree.
