JSC Seen📖Class VIII

JSC Unit: 1; Lesson: 2(B) Nakshi Kantha

Nakshi kantha is a kind of embroidered quilt.

āĻ¨āĻ•āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻāĻĨāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒā§œā§‡āĻ° āĻ“āĻĒāĻ° āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻšāĻŋāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻ•āĻļāĻž āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ• āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻāĻĨāĻžāĨ¤

The name was taken from the Bengali word, ‘naksha’ which means artistic pattern.

āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ “āĻ¨āĻ•āĻļāĻž” āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§‚āĻšāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§‡āĻ° āĻĄāĻŋāĻœāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

It is a kind of traditional craft and is said to be indigenous to Bangladesh and West Bengal in India.

āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻœ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻšāĻŋāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ—āĻŖā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

The art has been practised in rural Bengal for centuries.

āĻļāĻ¤āĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§€āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻļāĻ¤āĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§€ āĻĒāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻ°ā§āĻšāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

The name ‘Nakshi kantha’ became popular after the poet Jasimuddin’s poem ‘Nakshi Kanthar Math’ was published in 1929.

ā§§ā§¯ā§¨ā§¯ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋ āĻœāĻ¸ā§€āĻŽāĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° ‘āĻ¨āĻ•āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻāĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ ’ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° ‘āĻ¨āĻ•āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻāĻĨāĻž” āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻŸāĻŋ āĻœāĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

Traditional kanthas are made for family use. Old or new cloth and thread are used to make these quilts.

āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻ•āĻžāĻāĻĨāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ•āĻžāĻāĻĨāĻž āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒā§œ āĻ“ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Rajshahi, Faridpur, Bogra and Jessore are most famous for this craft.

āĻŽā§ŸāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ‚āĻš, āĻœāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻĒā§āĻ°, āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻļāĻžāĻšā§€, āĻĢāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻāĻĒā§āĻ°, āĻŦāĻ—ā§ā§œāĻž āĻ¯āĻļā§‹āĻ° āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤āĨ¤

Now it is produced commercially.

āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻœā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

You can find them in many expensive handicraft shops in cities.

āĻŦā§œ āĻŦā§œ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§‹āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§‹ā§ŸāĻž āĻ¯āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

The quilts are now in great demand because of the colourful patterns and designs embroidered on them.

āĻ¸ā§‚āĻšāĻŋāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§‡ āĻāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ° āĻ“āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻŖāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĸā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻ•āĻļāĻžÂ  āĻĄāĻŋāĻœāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ•āĻžāĻāĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

01.  Quilt (n)

02.  Artistic (adj)

03.  Commercially (adj)

04.  Traditional (adj)

05.  Demand (n)

06.  Pattern (n)

 

 

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