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Distinguish between kanikar and Amlikar Shawls.

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Kaninar shawl – the world famous kani shawl has given geographical indicator (gi status). It helps in prevention of shawl made in other regions of the world carrying the kanikar shawl tag. The Kashmir govt. has set up laboratory to test the genuiness of kani shawl. The GI tag will also help the kani shawl to regain the right full place in domestic & global market.

Amlikar shawl – during the regime of afghan governor haji das khan heavy taxes were imposed on the shawl weaving industry that forced the artisans out of there profession. They were in miserable conditions and started shifting to near by areas like Amritsar where attempts were made to established a successful shawl industry but all in vein. This gave rise to embroidered shawl known as amlikar where the tax was paid just for plain woven shawl. Which was later embellished with embroidery by the artisan.



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