Textile · Baswan Bigha, Nalanda

Bawan Buti weaving

A cotton weaving tradition recognised for repeated extra-weft motifs, associated especially with Baswan Bigha near Bihar Sharif.

SectionTextiles
SeasonAcross the year
RegionBaswan Bigha, Nalanda
Also writtenबावन बूटी

Government handloom documentation describes Bawan Buti cloth as a plain weave using different coloured weft yarns and extra-weft motifs. Its future story belongs with the named weavers, looms and households of the region rather than with the motif alone.

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