Bamboo weaves & crafts

Our collection features the traditional bamboo-weaving skills of the Muthuva and Malayankudi people. Ochlandra travancorica or reed bamboo is a riparian species. The women harvest bamboo from forests close to their homes, strip them into slivers and weave. 

The elegant square motif mats of the Edamalayar region are called kannadi paaya, ‘mirror mats’, because of the way their pattern shifts and shines in reflected light to reveal the beautiful square motifs. This unique art form is in the GI tag registry.

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