Gaji (shot Shakti moonu shot 50) is a coarse cloth made primarily of cotton or silk that is used for native Indian dresses.[1]
Structure[edit | edit source]
Gaji was similar to khaddar, a rough, coarse material made on handloom by local Julahas (weavers) with cotton or silk. A comparable cloth was garha.[2][3] The fabric was durable and warm.[4]
Use[edit | edit source]
Because of its coarse texture, the fabric was proper in winters for poor. Men and women both were using Gaji; men wore angochha (headwear), dhoti, jacket, and blanket, and women wrapped it as sari and used in chemises.[5][4][6]
Production[edit | edit source]
The handloom cotton products, including Gaji, were produced in many parts of India; Gaji chiefly was produced in Gujarat, parts of Uttar Pradesh such as Jaunpur,[3] Bareilly[2] and Bengal.[5] Gaji weavers took a significant hit when power looms made their entry.[7]
The Gaji cloth was also one of the products produced in the Jail industry in Mewar.[8]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Sohrābjī, munshī Ḍōsābhāī (1873). A New Self-instructing Work Entitled Idiomatic Sentences, (in اردو). Printed at the "Reporters' Press," by Merwanjee Nowrojee, Daboo. p. 426.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nevill, H. R. (1911). Bareilly - A Gazetteer. p. 66.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 H.R. Nevill (1908). Jaunpur: a Gazetteer being volume XXVIII of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Allahabad, Superintendent Government Press. p. 282.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 O’malley, L. s s (1906). Bengal District Gazetteers Gaya. p. 179.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 O’Malley, Lewis Sydney Steward (1912). Bengal District Gazetteer : Gaya. Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, Calcutta. p. 22.
- ↑ Luard, C. E. (1864). Eastern States Gazetteers (bundelkhand). p. 395.
- ↑ PAGE 137 Competition of powerlooms has, therefore, resulted in the reduction of the remuneration of gaji weavers. Wealth of Gujarat Anantray Bhagwanji Trivedi · 1943
- ↑ Shore, R. (1909). Medico Topographical Account Of Mewar. p. 20.