NAKSHI KANTHA OF KHULNA: EMERGING REALITY AND SOCIO ECONOMIC OBSERVATIONS

Abstract

Nakshi Kantha is the most traditional needle-craft and important domestic art of women in Bangladesh that displays the multiracial and multi-religious expressions of motifs which indicate the aspiration for fluency as well as display the objectives of craftswomen. It is not only an ornate coverlet but also the work of art for beliefs, values and clarity of rural women of Bangladesh. Women fabricate the art in reusing depleted resources like sharees, dhutis and lungis, which are sewing to form needlework coverlets for their essential function in a fastidious exploit. Though it is a very old traditional artistic element of material art but for its unique design and elegance, it is a fascination to the people of Bangladesh and West Bengal of India till contemporary period. Various type of Nakshi Kantha in style, form, fabric or technique has been found in different places of Bangladesh. It is also been seen own style of art work in different regions. Nakshi Kantha of Khulna developed glory in the scale of its motifs, using magnum size floral and foliate borders, the Kalka, and alien mythological symbols as well as unique for the colored threads of vibrant and contrasting. This article is an attempt to study and understanding of the emerging reality and socio economic observations of Nakshi Kantha featuring new challenges and scope in greater Khulna of Bangladesh.