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Sozni embroidery on semi-pashmina woollen cloth - Uri, Kashmir

Kashmir is as famous for its Pashmina shawls as for its scenic beauty, apples and snow. Jolly Yusuf, a weaver for over three decades revealed how the exquisite Sozni patterns are embroidered over a period of a few weeks or months by skilled people from Uri in Baramulla district. Incidentally, these crafts-persons whose needlework dates back to over 500 years, are also seasonal farmers.

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