Local Weaving Unit

This afternoon we went to a few homes where people have these huge hand looms that they use to make Sarees. It takes about 2-3 days to make one Saree and the net profit is about 500 INR each. One person can make the bulk of it on their own but once the detail and different colors come in a second person has to manually push the threads through. The loom uses these big wooden cards with various holes in them which make up the pattern of the Saree. The number of holes indicates the number of threads that are pushed up so the second person can thread through a different color. Almost all the homes on the street we visited had the weaving looms inside. They were so big it almost looked like the houses must have been built around them.


One thing we still can't get over about the culture here is their serious obsession with cows. They even smear watered down cow dung on their floors each morning then let it dry to bring the home good health and wealth! And they make us take our shoes off before we come in! All the children in the homes were so proud of their families' business and proud to show off their English skills to us. They're always so cute and proper saying "What country are you from?" "What is your age?" And then they want to introduce you to each of their siblings and parents and aunts and uncles.


Oh! I've been meaning to tell you all why India has 2 names for every city. It is because during the British control over India the Brits chose to change all the city names to things that were easier to pronounce. So they changed Mumbai to Bombay and Kolkata to Calcutta. Recently India has finally changed their city names back to what they should be :)

Well, tomorrow morning we fly to Delhi! From Delhi we drive straight to Jaipur, which is nicknamed "The Pink City" due to a lot of pink stone that was used in buildings there. More tomorrow!