Record 37/293 Catalog Record Rabari Arts Exhibit Page Home Search Image 1 of 2 Description  MATERIALS: Cotton, mashru and silk cloth, cotton and silk threads, mirrors and tassels. CONSTRUCTION: Machine stitched, embroidered chain, herringbone, interlaced, cretan and back stitches. MOTIFS: Popti, makodiyun, tak bawaliyun, kali tak jharmar and khajalo. COLOURS : Multicoloured on red, black and white. STYLE REMARKS: This is oldest style of Kachhi Rabari. The eight pointed star motif has different names. In toran it is called khajalo. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: The toran is used throughout western India as an auspicious welcoming. The simplest version is a string of auspicious leaves, here represented by the mashru ''leaves.'' CULTURAL REMARKS: Rabaris use a toran as part of a seven piece set that decorates the doorway and walls between outer and inner rooms of their house. Toran, Doorway Decoration.

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