TYPES AND USE OF NOKSHI KATHA
The size and shape of the katha would be
Expectant mothers spend the last trimester of
determined by its end use. The Sujni Katha is
their pregnancy in making Nokshi Katha for
a decorative blanket or a coverlet. This type
the new-born baby, believing that wrapping
of katha may be used for special occasions
the newborn baby in a Nokshi Katha heralds
when guests are over or for day to day use,
good fortune for the family and protects the
based on the elaborateness of the decorative
baby from disease. When a girl gets married
motifs embroidered on it. A Gilaf or a Bostani
she would take a katha from her parents’
is used as a book cover, specially made
house with her to the in laws, taking with her
for covering the religious books or texts.
a memory of home.
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