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Kashmiri embroidery is known for the skilled execution of a single stitch, which is often called the Kashmiri stitch and which may comprise the chain stitch, the satin stitch, the slanted darn stitch, the stem stitch, and the herringbone stitch. Sometimes, the doori (knot) stitches are used but not more than one or two at a time.
Pheran is a corruption of the Persian word 'perahan' which means cloak. [7] The outfit has been in vogue in Kashmir since before the 15th century. [8]Before the advent of Islamic influence, the people of Kashmir used to wear a loose gown-type leather doublet instead of pheran, as recorded by Hiuen-Tsang.
Kashmiri handicrafts eliminated financial crises among those people who are affected with the physical disabilities. [32] After handicrafts gained foreign exposure with positive feedback, many youth made this, their profession. Kashmiri Handicrafts is the second largest and preferable industry after fruit in Kashmir Valley. [33] [34]
Various stitches are employed for Kashida work such as darning stitch, stem stitch, satin stitch and chain stitch. The base material for Kashida is cotton, wool or silk in a variety of colours like white, blue, yellow, purple, red, green and black.
Kashmiri is recognised as a regional language in the state and is also among the 22 scheduled languages of India. Kashmiri has split ergativity and the unusual verb-second word order. Although Kashmiri was traditionally written in the Sharda script, [16] [17] [18] it is not in common use today, except for religious ceremonies of the Kashmiri ...
The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins) [7] are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They belong to the Pancha Gauda Brahmin group [ 8 ] from the Kashmir Valley , [ 9 ] [ 10 ] located within the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir .
The Kashmiri spoken in Muzaffarabad is distinct from, although still intelligible with, the Kashmiri of the Neelam Valley to the north. [22] In Neelam Valley, Kashmiri is the second most widely spoken language and the majority language in at least a dozen or so villages, where in about half of these, it is the sole mother tongue. [ 22 ]
Kadai may refer to: Karahi, also known as Kadai, a cooking utensil used mainly in Indian cooking; Kra–Dai languages, also known as Kadai or Tai–Kadai, a language family of Southeast Asia; Gedai, Bushehr, also known as Kadā’ī and Kedā’ī, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran