Textile · Shershabadi communities in Bihar

Kheta embroidery

Layered and stitched textile work practised by Shershabadi communities, carrying reuse, handwork and local visual language.

SectionTextiles
SeasonAcross the year
RegionShershabadi communities in Bihar
Also writtenखेता

Kheta deserves documentation through the makers and communities who practise it. Material reuse and stitch are visible, but identity, transmission and the meaning of motifs cannot be responsibly explained without their voices.

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