The village Dumbara is famous for mats in our country.It is situated in the Central provinece.THe main occupas of the most of the women in this village weaving mats.
The women use the leaves of palm trees and some kind of trees which grow in marshy lands and the leaves of watakeyya bushes.
At frist the people cut those trees and leaves in to amall strips.Then they boil them in hot boiling waten.Then they dry them.After that they add verious colours to them using local things which are used to made colours.Some colours that they use are drat red,pink,brown,purple,green,yellow,blue etc.
THey weave mats using different designs and patterns.Some of them are animals,figures,such as peacock,elephant,deer,tiger,reptiles such as cobra,python etc,bird such as danceres,solderes ect and imaginative figures.
WEaving mats is one of the main handicrafts which our country earns a lot local and foreign exchange.But losing its popularity frono people.As sri lankans its our duty to protect and promote such industry because they are the our industry that come from generation to generation since past.
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April 24, 2012 at 1:23 PM
the wonder is that kantha embroidery uses only the simplest of stiches, the running stich,.
April 24, 2012 at 1:44 PM
it is the addition of the pattern or other ornamental effect, to textiles by the use of the needle and thread.
May 16, 2012 at 3:11 PM
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May 20, 2012 at 3:36 PM
this is very good industry.my congradulation to producers
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