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All our items are hand- made traditional purses made of pure cotton. It is Foam-Built with beautiful mirrors, Pearls work. This type of work is called Banjara Crafts. Not only Bags and Purses we also specialised in Home decors like Wall Hangings, Door Hangings, Tapestries. BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT BANJARA CRAFTS Banjara Embroidery is known for its vibrancy in colors and use of articles like coins, cowrie shells, woolen tassles, beads, mirror, cotton and many others as embellishments. The textiles embroidered by them simply look stunning. Banjara Embroidery and Needle work has been derived from gypsies and nomads of Asia. Colorful, vibrant and live are the words synonymous with this embroidery. The colorful lifestyle of Banjaras residing in this state is displayed through their high-spirited clothes. This form of embroidery is basically a local art form of the tribals or ‘Banjaras’ living in this state’s. This embroidery is unique in its style and a matchless quality has been achieved by using brightness and originality. The intricate embroidery done as part of this art form involves a lot of geometrical combinations using squares, diamonds and triangles. Colorful threads are used in the embroidery that reflects the vibrant lifestyle of Banjaras. Their imagination knows no bounds and they just need a needle, a piece of cloth and some colorful thread. To embellish an article, they also make use of shells, beads and mirrors. The sunlight reflected through the mirror accentuates the beauty of this work. Mirrors are extensively used in Banjara Embroidery and this is the distinctive feature of this art form. A cornucopia of designs and figures are created using simple stitches like herringbone, chain stitch, short and long stitch. A wide array of articles are made using this embroidery like bags, dress sets for women and girls, cushion covers, skirts, blouse pieces, , household furnishings and bedspreads and wall hangings.