The sarees speaks for itself of so many things. Every rustle of this unique garment has a story to tell stories both of happiness and of sorrow. For the saree has seen it all.It has shared, with the wearer, every nuance of human experience the joy and happiness of marriage, as well as the sorrow of parting, the pleasures and satisfaction of motherhood,the happy times when the life dealt kindly,the trying times when adversity was met with typical Pakistani stoicism. The mood, the occasion, the event can all be conveyed through the saree. The color reflects the occasion. The way it is draped signals the community. Brocades speak of happy times, an event of celebration –the birth of a baby, the marriage of a dear one.
Festivals life basant,new years festival or marriage ceremony , are occasion to bring out colorful dreams in gold woven in-between vibrant rainbow-hued skeins of silk. Solemn white speaks of death, of the parting of a loved one. For those in the immediate family it indicates a state of mourning and for those who come to offer condolences it is a sign of their empathy with the bereaved.
For the bride it is always, in almost all communities, a bright red.So interwoven is the saree with the life and traditions of the people that each region of the country has developed a weave of its own. Each is a unique expression of the skills of the weavers and dyers, which have been handed down the generations.The exquisitepatola weave, and the bandhini style of dyeing comes from the west. Weaving silks in vibrant colors, some weighing as much as 10 kilograms is a specialty of Pakistan.Silk sarees embroidered with the kantha stitch, a specialty of the Bengal region in the east, is a typical example of the perseverance of the Indian craftsman.
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