Phulkari: The women saving India's intricate flower embroidery

Phulkari is an intricate handmade Indian embroidery that is practised mostly in the northern Indian state of Punjab. It features colourful intricately woven flower patterns.

The tradition has come under threat from modern embroidery that is made on machines, however a group of women are trying to return Phulkari to its glory days.

[trust]

Traditional culture and art is struggling survival. Welldone ladies

[silverlve]

The vibrancy of colors, the care of each stitch shows such love for their traditions. I hope they manage to continue phulkari embroidery going for generations to come.

[serveyou]

Hurts my heart to see the true floweriest not getting proper recognition for their work

[adityarajm]

Embroidery It don't seem bad
But when it is shown by BBC it reminds some brutal history of black British era where night won't leave where suffering seem endless

[matthewmann]

Yup good to save some of the blossoming plants, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds

[catabc-rddy]

It's great to see culture being kept alive. It looks really tedious to make them especially when you do it constantly but I guess by that point is just muscle memory to them. No wonder they switched to using machines. I hope they sell them for a fair sum of money.

[messiahcomplex]

Good to see crafts kept alive.. how about Tory spending on serco track and trace? Is that a cottage industry?

[AnshikaAvani]

Can you please tell us where can we learn such art

[colinprice]

IF your anti- war, pro-ethnics, pro-immigrants, pro- homosexual pro-muslim and anti- white straight male then the BBC is great!

[prasanthmp]

life is best if it is simple & innocent .

[dunhammusicgroup]

How can I help, buying direct would be good..

[followveganismforahealthyl]

I have a beautiful dupata of this Phulkari embroidery.

[SusanDianeHowell]

To The Guardians of the Hearth

Yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they
did not doubt, God would deliver them.
And they rehearsed unto me the words of their
mothers, saying: We do not doubt our mothers knew it…..

Stories in Stitchery, Embroidery by Eileen N. Whitaker

[arshsidhu]

ਮੈਨੂੰ ਕਮ ਦੀ ਬਹੁਤ ਲੋਡ ਹੈ ਜੀ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਕਮ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ ਜੀ

[public.public]

No masks.
Is this the BBC setting a good example?

[DXmYb]

At least North Koreans get their state propaganda for free.

Cancel your TV license.
Watch all programmes using on demand services e.g. channel 5, Netflix, channel 4, ITV hub

[trxptub]

The embarrassed caterpillar understandably identify because budget beverly branch for a warm edward. disagreeable, second cook

[朱杰-kd]

If you are interested in embroidery, you ought to know about Chinese embroidery!and then, A door of a new world will be opened!

[juanfepenarivera]

this life is temporary and the very beautiful news is that we have salvation believing in Jesuchrist
read Romans 10: 9 and 10 believe by faith in your heart and call on his name only he save
read st John 14 : 6 and st Jhon 3 : 15 to 18

[panderichthys_rhombolepis]

Let's ask how much they are paid.