Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Bagh print
Context: Madhya Pradesh Women learn to make Bagh print bags under the ‘Safe Tourist Places project’.
Bagh Prints of Madhya Pradesh
- Bagh Prints derived its name from the village Bagh on the banks of the Bagh River.
- Bagh print and associated bags are known as an important part of Dhar’s identity.
- The cloth used is usually cotton and silk cloth. However, it could be Kosa silk, bamboo chicks, cotton rugs, chiffon, crepe, georgette tissue, mulberry silk etc.
- It is considered a 1000-year-old wooden hand-block print and is believed to be started by the Khatri community around the Indus Valley times.
- This handicraft style is Geographically tagged and registered.
