Material culture of sital pati: a dying handicraft of bengal
International Journal of Development Research
Material culture of sital pati: a dying handicraft of bengal
Received 20th December, 2020 Received in revised form 10th December, 2020 Accepted 21st January, 2021 Published online 24th February, 2021
Copyright © 2020, Subhajit Sen. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sital Pati is one of the finest handicrafts of Rural Bengal. This handicraft is mainly produced in the Eastern part of India and Bangladesh. It is one of the durable and important craft among other domestic article and hand bag, hat, purse, table mat and many other things which are made of Sital Pati, witnessing the beauty of craftsmanship. The present study has made an attempt to examine how a specific craft is attached with the livelihood of the craftsmen. The study also tried to find out how this handicraft struggling right now and how other associated factors likes production, distribution etc are related with market and impacted upon the weavers.
