Tangaliya Shawl is an age-old weaving and a very indigenous craft evolved in the Surendranagar district of Saurashtra region, Gujarat around 700 years ago. The shawls are woven in pit looms at homes and knot a contrast color thread with the warp, which are woven into the textile to create the effect of raised dots, which have become the signature style of the textile.
‘Tangaliya’ is derived from the word ‘Tangalio’ meaning the lower part of the body. The textile is usually used as shawl and wraparound skirt by women. Traditionally, Tangaliya was a 10 by 4 cloth which was draped around the waist. Later on, due to loom size constraints, the cloth was woven 20 by 2 in size and then cut into two parts and joined together to form a shawl for women.
The Tangaliya products are made up of natural and synthetic material or a combination of both. Since ages weavers have designs inspired by nature and their surrounding. Tangaliya motifs have a very geometric and graphic feel to it. The emphasis is on basic shapes like squares, rectangles, triangles and circles. The placement of each dana is done precisely by calculating the distance between the warp and the weft yarns.
Lots of contrasting colors are used in danawork. Commonly used colors are Blue, Green, red, pink, black, grey, maroon, purple and orange. White is used most prominently along with other colors. The most basic motif of Tangaliya is the Ladwa – it refers to a ladoo, an Indian sweet. The other predominant motifs are peacock, felt of peacock, Ambo tree (Mango tree), Khajuri (Date palm tree), peacock on bush, peacock with diamond shape motif, peacock on bunglow and peacock on aeroplane motif.
GI Tag Registration Date : 04 September 2009
GI Tag Number : 127
Certificate Number : 111
Geographical Area : Gujarat
Special Cover Release Date : 06 April 2021
Cancellation : Dandi 396 439
Type : GI Tag Special Cover
Cover Identification Number : GUJ/06/2021
This cover has QR Code which when scanned leads to Garvi Gurjari website which is Gujarat State Handloom & Handicrafts Development Corporation. Issued in a special presentation pack with 5 other covers related to GI Tag from Gujarat.
Enlarged View of Illustration in Cover
Image of the stamp released by India Post on Tangaliya Shawl is furnished below
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