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Shopping in Rajasthan
It has something for almost every kind of traveler, revealing a vast range of
arts and crafts, which is a treat for the visuals and are ready to be picked.
The Bazaars spill with products and there is a magnificent glow of colours all
over.
Intricate work carved on handicrafts or the wonders of gems and
stones, it has it all and even more like the colours dancing on the textiles and
fabrics with silver or gold threads settings and complimented with the variety
of Silk-threads, Beads, Gota, Zari, Zardosi, Banarasi, etc. designed by the age
old families of skilled artisans.
 The
amazing use of clay in the form of sculpture and decorative arts,
the paintings from different schools like Miniature, Mughal and the
different Rajasthani shailis (school of art) and more are piled up,
revealing the medieval splashes and recording historic and dramatic
events. Almost capturing the senses!
The age old
art of dyes and colours hold the centre of attraction.
Every part of the
state, every town, every village is associated with the rich heritage of craftsmanship
so particular to Rajasthan. Entire villages practice crafts - sometimes a vast
spectrum, on other occasions just a single skill that can range from dhurrie weaving
to terracotta products.
These traditions once helped to form the different
layers of a self-supporting society in villages and towns, and it is this that
has ensured their survival. Most crafts are still practiced because they find
use in local society - the painters, for example, still do frescos on temple walls,
and the village cobbler makes thick-soled shoes for the farmers, reserving the
more delicate versions for visitors.
Today, Rajasthan's markets spill
with an exciting array of goods: paintings, jewellery, fabrics and textiles, soft-as-gossamer
quilts, clay pottery and blue pottery, dhurries and carpets, wood, metal and stone
sculpture, leatherware and terracotta...
Little bells dance in the breeze,
puppets dangle from strings, embroidered footwear brightens up stores, lights
glow in huge glass candelabra and gemstones spill across pavements: in Rajasthan's
treasure-trove, you could spend days simply exploring the world of the artisan.
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