Borsali Design
“Borsali” is a very famous design printed by hand block printers of Tarapur among the tribal of Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan and used for Odhni (Shawl) only. Whenever you visit tribal area of Ratlam & Banswada you will find tribal women wearing a shawl of specific design known as “Borsali”.
“Borsali” is a very
popular traditional design printed on the “Odhani” (Shawl) wore by tribal women
of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh & Banswada district of Rajasthan. Borsali
also known as “Bhindi” (Lady Finger) bhat (Design) as told by local veteran
craftsman Akram Bhai working under the Master Craftsman Pawan Jhariya in
Tarapur. The reason behind calling it “Bhindi” is because this design looks
like the same when we cut the lady finger.
Borsali Tree
Pic Source: Google
Still we were clue less
about the exact reason behind its name “Borsali” and then we did some more
research about the name. We found that “Borsali” is a Gujarati name of a tree
of herbal importance. It is known as “Bakula” in Hindi and common name is
Bullet tree and Bakul. Interestingly the flower and fruit of Borsali or Bakul
tree looks like that Borsali design is inspired from it.
Inside Borsali Fruit
Pic Credit/ Source: Google
Traditional hand block
printers were very close to the nature and took inspiration from it whether it
is matter of design or color. Today’s generation of traditional hand block printers
also strives to keep alive the same tradition with limited scope.
It is still printed by
hand block printers of Tarapur for tribal but quality does not matter because
of price involved in it and tribal do not have that much paying capacity.
Designs are not printed with caution and cotton fabric used is not of very good
quality. It is just a matter of keeping the tradition alive and getting work
done for minimum wages.
Borsali Odhni
Hand Block Printer Using Borsali Design Block
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