News & Updates

    • January 18, 2011
    • Reviving the Gongadi

    • Crafting wool into the Gongadi, is a highly skilled, creative and labour intensive activity. Young men and women from shepherding communities have all but stopped learning these skills from their parents, and the skill and craft may die out with the passing of this generation of weavers and spinners who continue to lovingly sustain the craft, against all odds. In response to this situation, Anthra decided to facilitate a process whereby the tradition is passed on to young men and women who apprentice and learn the craft / skills from elders – spinners, weavers and “kada

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