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In pictures: Nakshikantha in colorful designs

Prothom Alo English DeskBogura

By the roadside lies a raised yard. Several women are seated there in rows, each with a needle and thread in hand. With those needles and threads, they are stitching beautiful patterns. This is a scene from Magura Tair village in Sherpur upazila of Bogura. After finishing their household chores in the morning, the women sit in rows in the courtyard and create Nakshikantha (embroidered hand-stitched quilts). Besides cloth, needle, and thread, they also use sketched designs on paper, tracing paper, and embroidery frames to craft these quilts. Here are a few photos showing women in the remote village of Bogura making beautifully patterned Nakshikanthas in their courtyards. Soyel Rana

Women stitch patterns on fabric, sitting in the courtyard.
A Women embroiders quilt patterns with needle and thread.
Colorful designs emerge through needlework.
A woman passes thread through the needle.
A woman raises the design onto the fabric.
A woman stitches quilt, sitting on a chair.
A Nakshikantha is being made with white thread.
A woman passes thread through the needle.
A woman displays a beautifully embroidered Nakshikantha
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