Bhunga: Inside & Out Final Craft doc | Page 23

Embroidery: The Embroidery is done by the women. They have different styles and motifs. They use mirrors in their embroidery. Each girl is taught embroidery at a very young age as early as 4 or 5 yrs.. The women only wears embroidery clothes not men. The embroidery are Khudi Tebha, Kambiro, Pakko Mukko. Image is of bead jewellary Women of Hodka village doing Embroidery Bead work : The women makes beads jewelry. The ‘Akhiyan’ the face cover for brides and ‘Ser’ the face cover for groom used in marriages are also made by bead work. The Indoni and Mangal sutra are also of Bead work. Mattikaam (Mud Mirror): Mattikaam is done to decorate the walls of bhunga from inside. The mirrors enhance the light in the room by reflecting sunlight and the white color makes it look more spacious and brighter. Image is of tile of Mattikaam 23