Reports

On
The Traditional Handloom Saree of
Tangail

Date of Submission: 25 May,2015.

 Reports
On
The Traditional Handloom Saree of
Tangail

Course Title: Introduction to Business&

Bangladesh Studies
Course Code: FIN-1101

Submitted To:
Md.Hasibul Hassan
Assistant Professor
Department of Finance
Jagannath University
Dhaka.

Submitted By:
Md. Omer Sani
B-140203078

Date of Submission: 25 May, 2015.

 Description of Tangail Saree

Saree is the national wear of Bangladeshi women.

It is the most popular dress both for casual & formal
occasion for women in Bangladesh. Tangail Saree is a
such kind of sari.

Tangail Sarees are famous at home & abroad. Large

number of saris are usually sold on the occasion of Eid,
Puja, Pohela boishask & wedding season during the
period between November & February. The weavers get
orders from home & abroad.

“Tangail Saree” is one of the oldest traditional legacy in

the history of Bangldesh. Tangail is the home of the
weavers of world famous “Tangail Saree”. It is a hand
loom sari made of both cotton & silk thread having
hand worked butti design or all over flowery design
contemporary art motif appreciated bought & used by
women’s & girls of Bangladesh & Indian origin living
all over the world.

Tangail Sarees are produced in Tangail Sadar,

Delduar, Kalihati upazila. Patrail in delduar upazila is
famous for the fine & expensive saris. Previously it was
named as “Begum Bahar” where silk warp & cotton
weft were used.
 Origin of Tangail Shari

According to history, Basak community is the original

weavers of tangail. They belong to the tribe since
ancient times .they were the one of vagabond. In
beginning they came in Murshidabad West Bengal from
the Indus basin and to weaven. They came to Rajsahi as
the adverse weather is not good, They were divided into
two moves Bajitpur and Damrai . They are bickering
among themselves as a result much of Basak is divided
into Chouhatta. They find the best place to come to
settle in tangail. Due to favorable weather conditions
they persist in the full sense of the loom in this place.
They had been working in loom from generation to
generation. Once upon a time they had lived in the most
area of Tangail. Basak Association had trained the
inexperience weavers and controlled the fabric
quality .After the partition of 1971 many weavers had
gone to India in this time in addition to the Basak. The
other people are deeply involved with weaving. They
become efficient in order to give concentration in it.
 The Weaving Area of Tangail Saree
Saree weaving village in Tangail Sadar Upazila are
Bajitpur, Saruj, Batha, Bamankusia,
Garinda,Ggosaijoar, Tartia, Nalua, Dewjan,
Anayedpur, Belta, Garasin, Santas, Kagmari etc.
In Kalihati Upazila the village are Balla, Rampura,
Bangra, Sahodevpur, Vukta, Akua, Chatihati, Aisara,
Ratangang, Koldora etc.
In Delduar Upazila the village are Pathrail, Nalsuda,
Chondi, Bisnopur etc. other Upazila Gopalpur and
Vunjapur have some weaving Industries.
The successful Weavers of Tangail Saree are Bajitpur
Anonda Mohon Basak, Satinath Basak, Nil Kamal
Basak of Chandri village, Mone Montu, Haridara
Basak of Nalsunda village, Ragunath Bask of Pathrail
village, Anonda, Gavinda, Sukumar Basak, Khusi
Mohan Basak etc.

Nature of the Weaving Village

In these villages all day and night can hear Makur
sweet clack sound. With clack sound of Makur also the
weaver busy with skillful hand to weaving saree look
obviously attractive. In Tangail in saree weaving almost
5 million people are involved with this profession for
livelihood. There are million of loom in Tangail. All of
these million of loom do not made Tangail Saree.

The Features of Tangail Saree

The feature of tangail saree is crafts fringe. There are
two type of loom to Tangail Saree weaving –
1) Chitroranjon or Mihi Loom
2) Pit Loom or Kathkathi Loom.

Both of these Looms are made with different color,

design and name of Saree. Such as – Jamdani or soft
silk, half silk, Tangail B.T, Baluchari, Jaripur,
Hazarbuti, Kotki, Sornochur, Ekka and general quality
of Saree.

Price and Market Place of Tangail Saree

The price differs from different name, quality, hand
work, color of Saree. The saree sells at least two
hundred to fifty thousand above. The Jamdani or Soft
silk is higher rate. Jamdani sare are made at
international standard. For making Saree weaver uses
100 counts Japanese cotton. Before dividing the country
the Tangail hand loom Saree’s markets are in Kolkata.
The weaver of Tangail Saree goes to Kolkata by
Steamer, Launch and Ship from port. The Kolkata
Saree businessmen buy these attractive and gorgeous
Saree from weaver. After divided of country the main
hat is in Bajitpur or Korotia. The distance of Bajitpur
hat from the main town is one and half kilo at South.
The hat is held every Monday and Friday twice in a
week. The hat started in the early morning and close at
9-10 am. The customers of this hat mainly are whole
seller. They buy at whole selling rate and supply in
different large Shopping center, Market and Fashion
house.

Problems of producing Tangail saree

Weavers have to go far to get raw materials
The raw materials of saree access in dry and need to
process and color on it. It is a great problem for the
staff. It takes several times to fit it up.

Price of raw metarial have been increasing during

production and processing. So that it affects on its price
of saree. For increasing prices of fibres such as cotton,
silk and jute the saree’s prices also increase.

The Indian saree’s price is low than its. They export

their saree in Bangladesh & also in the other country.
For increasing the demand of Indian Saree, the demand
of this saree decreases.

Competition is now uneven, with mills power loom

sector getting subsidies in various forms. Power looms
have been undermining handloom markets by selling
their products as handloom.

Wages have not increased in the last 5 years. They get

50 to 250 tk per saree for producing. Some sections of
handloom weavers are living in hand-to-mouth
conditions, with no house or assets. These issues need to
be addressed by government. At least effectively
implement the minimum wages act.

The weaving machine had become older. Technology

is not use to improve the weaving machines condition.
The producing power of this machine is very low.

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