Colorful Gujarat - Textile Tour - 10 Nights - 11 Days

On arrival, you will be met by YATIK WORLD Representative and transferred to hotel. Afternoon visit the Chittara familywho produce high quality Mata NiPachedi (Kalamkari) work. Kalamkariliterally means the art of decorationwith the help of a pen, ‘Kalam’. Adesign, usually religious is drawn or block printed onto a cloth and thespaces coloured. A particular form ofthistechnique has beenmade famousby the Vaghris community of Gujarat.Evening, visit the night market at LawGarden to see the various textiles of Gujarat.Overnight at the hotel.

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After breakfast, walk through the oldcity, then to the Calico Museum prior permission is required. Afternoon,visit the Shreyas Folk Museum and Gandhi Ashram.Overnight at the hotel.

Activities : Museums

After breakfast, drive to Patan villageto see Patola and Mushru weaving. The art of weaving double Ikat silk sa-ris has been practiced in Patan villagefor centuries. The technique requiresmeticulous attention to detail and theresulting Patola is one of India’s mostbeautiful textiles.
Mushru weaving consists of a silk warp and cotton weft. The attrac- tive silk appears on the outside and fine cotton on the inside which feels soft to the skin. This fabric is still pro-duced by few familiesin Patan village.Visit the Rani ki Vav - A spectacular stepwell.
Afternoon, visit the Sun Temple atModhera- A beautifylly carved tem- ple dedicated to the Sun now an ASI monument. Continue to drive to Dasada-Bajana. Arrive and proceedto hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

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After breakfast, visit local villages or,Opt for a drive into the Little Rann ofKutch to view wild ass and numerousmigratory birds during winter. Overnight at the hotel.

Activities : Forts and Palaces

After breakfast, visit Dhaneti village to see the Ahir embroidery characterized by fine floral and animal patternswhich progress across the fabric in swirling circular arrays. Images of par-rots, peacocks, scorpions, elephant and flowers are frequently depicted. Different stitches may be used for each element. Its rich bold designs make an immediate visual impact.
Later drive to Ajrakpur – to experience the Ajrak block printing. Ajrak, or Ajrakh, isstyle of block printed withgeometric design. The technique uses mudresist printing, repeated at leasttwice, to produce the pattern. Traditionally the colours were predominately red, blue, black and white, butother colours, especially yellow and green are now used. Stylish modern ajrak is produced in the villages ofDhamadka, Khavda and Ajrakpur nearBhuj. Later proceed to Bhujodi village to see Rabari embroidery and the distinctive shawl weaving of the Vankar community. The numerous clans of Rabari have distinctive styles of em- broidery, each characterized by bold colourful patterns which incorporatemirrors of differing shapes. Proceed to your hotel in BhujOvernight at the hotel.

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After breakfast, enjoy visit to variousweavers village displaying traditionalembroidery and weaving skills. Rest of the day at leisure. Overnight at the hotel.

Activities : Forts and Palaces

After breakfast, visit house of Sangarfamily to see Ari Embroidery (Mochi work) on silk and cotton. Later visit the house of the only family in Bhuj weaving single ikat silk scarves and shawls. Also visit the 18th century Aina Mahal palace museum which has an excellent collection of an earlyari silk work, and display of Kutchhi crafts Overnight at the hotel.

Activities : Museums

After breakfast, drive to Sumrasser, where Ms Judy Frater an American, has spent many years helping the women from various communities develop and market their textiles. Her organization, Kala Raksha has a small museum and display centre at Sumrasser.Proceed to Nirona village – for the Rogan paintings. Rogan means ‘oil-based’ in Persian. Textiles decorated with this technique, and from a dis- tance appear like fine embroidery. Castor oil is boiled and mixed with pigment. Only half the design is di- rectly painted. When one side is complete,the textile isfolded overso thata mirror-image is created. The result-ing work is surprisingly intricate and attractive. The seven or eight people who do this work in Nirona village near Bhuj, are probably the only onesin India doing this artwork. This village has a bell maker, makIng attractive copper bells of various sizes, as well as a group – makingcoloured wooden laquer ware. On arrival transfer to camp.
Overnight at the tented camp.

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After breakfast, visit a nearby home to see items of distinctive Meghwal embroidery. Meghwals decorate the interior of their houses with pinched mud to create three dimensional de signs incorporating large fragmentsof mirror. They do fine embroideries with bold geometric designs. Similar designs are used by men to decorateleather items
Afterwards drive to Dhordo to see thefine stitchery and mirrors of Mutwa embroidery. The Mutwa are a shepherd community living in the Banni grassland regionof Kutch. They too use a lot of mirrorsin their embroidery work.
Afternoon, drive into the Rann of Kutch, to view a vast expanse of flat salt-pan which stretches to hundredsof kilometers.Overnight at the tented camp.

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After breakfast, at an convenienttimedrive to airport in Bhuj to connectflight to Mumbai On arrival , you will be met by YATIK WORLD representative and transfer to hotel.
Overnight at the hotel.

Activities : Forts and Palaces

After breakfast, transfer to airport for your onward flight

Activities : Forts and Palaces