Empowering the Women of Chandelao
October 15, 2011 • Photography & Travel
Just outside Chandelao Garh, the now boutique hotel which was once the residence of the former rulers of this region, is Sunder Rang. Sunder Rang is an Arts and Craft center set up to help empower the local village women. Here they create a variety of traditional Rajasthani arts and crafts which are then sold locally and abroad helping these women and their families financially.
Mr. Praduman Singh helps oversee the Sunder Rang project
The following text was adopted from the Chandelao website on Sunder Rang.
Each craft item that is created has the name of the lady that created it.
Our aim is to maintain and support the local craft skills and develop high quality products with unique Rajasthani designs, thus create a sustainable source of income for the women in Chandelao village.
Sunder Rang means beautiful colours and to us that name symbolizes the colourful clothes of the women and the bright turbans of the men but also the richness in culture, crafts, nature and hospitality you find in Rajasthan.
At Sunder Rang we will work with the traditional craft techniques. The project has started with the textile section; embroidery, tailoring and weaving. We will in the future expand our project with the other crafts.
To read more about the types of arts and crafts that they create visit the Sunder Rang site.
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