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Melody in Colors and Motifs

The fabric for doing kalamkari hand blocking is prepared through a number of tedious processes  including soaking of cloth in cow dung and water for removing the starch in cotton fabric, later in buffalo milk and mayobalam solution for getting the uniform off- white colour. Following multiple stages of dipping in natural mixtures,washing and sun- drying. Later, design out lines are done by charcoal quil, then natural dye is applied to get the bold colours over the patterns. Otherwise called as Machilipatnam style of kalamkari done mainly by the women of the rural. 

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