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Dyeing
Dyeing is a hereditary art. In the past cloth was dyed in colours extracted
from trees and flowers. The Sarkhei suburb of Ahmedabad was one of the
indigo manufacturing and exporting centres.
The Bandhani, tie and dye variety of sari is a very popular
women's wear. It involves an intricate process of tying knots on the fine
white fabrics, which are dipped in colours. The hues of deeper shades
are used over the previous ones to form the coloured back ground of the
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