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Northeast weavers need help to grow:
Meghalya CM
Wednesday October 24, 2012 02:35:32 PM,
Nivedita,
IANS
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Shillong: It is time
for talented weavers from India's northeast to become
entrepreneurs by cashing in on their potential, says Meghalaya
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma.
The just ended two-day Shillong Fashion Week (SFW) served as a
platform for work-based interaction between the local weavers,
budding designers and established names from the Indian fashion
world.
"With more than 50 percent of Indian handloom weavers from the
northeast, we want to enable people to realise the benefits in the
fields of textiles and all other ethnic designs. So we came up
with this (mass) mobilisation campaign in different blocks that
will help weavers learn entrepreneurship skills," Sangma told IANS
in an interview on the sidelines of Shillong Fashion Week (SFW).
Sangma hopes the fashion gala, which attracted weavers, designers
and the national media, would help create an environment for all
of northeast's budding designers and give them a chance to work
with top national designers and showcase their products jointly.
"Obviously this (event) will give them (local weavers) an insight
into how to benchmark their own products to be able to reach out
to that level where top designers have reached," he said.
The government's support is indispensable.
"Only when the weavers get the (right) value for their products
will they think that weaving can be a respectable option for
livelihood. That is exactly what we are trying to do. There are a
huge number of weavers in Meghalaya who can enable their product
to reach the market. (But) it can only happen when such
promotional events are backed by the government," said Sangma.
He has conducted a campaign to find out the total number of
weavers in Meghalaya and understand how many of them wish to
partner with government programmes.
Monetary support is also being offered.
"We are registering the weavers and they are supported by some
income generation schemes, where we keep some amount of yarn to
convert them into fabric," he said.
Sangma hopes these "initiatives will help in transforming the
state into a new vibrant state".
(Nivedita can be contacted at nivedita.s@ians.in)
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