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  2. Silk in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    Silk In India, about 97% of the raw mulberry silk is produced in the Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. [1] Mysore and North Bangalore, the upcoming site of a US$20 million "Silk City", contribute to a majority of silk production. [2] Another emerging silk producer is Tamil Nadu in the place in where ...

  3. Phulkari - Wikipedia

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    Phulkari ( Gurmukhi: ਫੁਲਕਾਰੀ; Shahmukhi: پھلکاری) refers to the folk embroidery of the Punjab region and Gulkari of Sindh in South Asia. [1] [2] [3] Although phulkari means 'floral work', the designs include not only flowers but also cover motifs and geometrical shapes. [4]

  4. Wedding dress - Wikipedia

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    A wedding dress or bridal gown is a dress worn by a spouse (often a bride) during a wedding ceremony. The color, style and ceremonial importance of the gown can depend on the religion and culture of the wedding participants. In Western culture, the wedding dress is most commonly white, a fashion made popular by Queen Victoria when

  5. History of silk - Wikipedia

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    Silk was a common offering by the emperor to these tribes in exchange for peace. Silk is described in a chapter of the Fan Shengzhi shu from the Western Han period (206 BC–9 AD), and a surviving calendar for silk production in an Eastern Han (25–220 AD) document. The two other known works on silk from the Han period are lost.