The custom of making a new kantha for a child at home has been around for a long time. In some villages of Bengal, the custom of welcoming guests with new kantha at social occasions like weddings or festivals at home is found. Nakshi kantha is on the gift list when the girl is sent to the in-laws after marriage.
The rainy season lasts for a long time in Bengal. In the rainy season, the work outside the house is reduced and women find some leisure. Bengali women get this during their leisure time and it is a traditional practice to sew kantha with needle thread in the betel nut chat. With the rapid change in the rural society, such socialization is also changing.
However, rural women still work on nakshi kantha from noon to evening. Pictures of trees, birds or herbs emerge on the kantha ground with incomparable skill. Sometimes the story of sorrow and happiness has come up in the kantha, sometimes the story of the book heard in the dim light of the lantern has been told by the women with the needle.
It's a tradition indeed.
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