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  • Año de Publicación:
    2012
  • Autores:
  • -   Alexander, A.
  • Revista:
    International Journal of Research in Commerce, Economics and Management
  • Volumen:
    2
  • Número:
    4
  • Páginas:
    5–10
  • ISSN:
    2231-4245
This article is based on my observation over a span of five years, on the making of fabric of desert "Kota Doria" - an epitome of Indian traditional knowledge, unique for its warp and weft, enduring power and mystique. This field study comprised of 150 respondents from different actors of the cluster. Conversation was carried out with weavers in particular women weavers, master weavers and dyers in the villages of Kaithun, Siswali, Mangrol, Roteda and Sultanpur of Rajashthan. Interviews were conducted with the government representatives, local panchayat and Members of Kota Doria Hadauti Foundation. Besides this, study of various wellknown reports of its intervention in the Kota cluster was also carried out. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and should not be attributed to the cluster and affiiation bodies. It provides a glimpse of the grassroots realities which were very different from theoretical perpectives thereby urging the need for greater conservation of 'Weavers skills - The intangible heritage' and strategize weavers' village as 'Weaver's Sanctuary'-a model tourist site for cluster sustenance.