Tangail Saree (West Bengal)

**Tangail Saree**
Tangail Saree
Origin Place	West Bengal, India
Ingredients	Cotton and silk
Cotton thread count	72s–88s
Length	5.50–6.50 m.
Breadth	1.18–1.25 m.
Anchal	32–36-inch (91 cm)
Style	Bengal tradition
Usage	Normal day life and Festival
GI Status	Registered
Application No.	702

Tangail saree (Bengali: টাঙ্গাইল শাড়ি) is a traditional handwoven saree (Sari) of West Bengal. It is produced in Purba Bardhaman & Nadia districts of West Bengal. These handlooms are famous for the novelty of saree designs, hand-woven booties, use of natural fibers in the weave and saree fineness of the fabric. In 2024, Tangail Saree was recognized as a Registered Geographical indication under the title Tangail Saree of Bengal and Banglar Tangail Saree in Bengali language.^[1]

Tangail sarees in West Bengal are traditionally woven on fly shuttle pit looms using 100S cotton yarn, silk yarn of various counts (14/16-20/22 denier), tasar yarn and also synthetic filament yarn. Sarees are woven using two or more shuttles. The sarees have a variety of border features including plain border or extra warp jacquard designs, with simple traditional color patterns on the anchal (আঁচাল) or colorful cross borders with extra weft designs. The body of the fabric (saree) may be plain or decorated with booties using additional warp/weft with or without Jacquard. In this Tangail saree (Jamdani variety), extra weft threads are inserted to create an extra-weft design, maintaining a ratio of 1:2 between extra weft and ground weft. The specialty of the design is that the edges of the design are like steps, which is similar to the graphical design.^[2]

The traditionally produced Tangail saree in West Bengal is characterized by a special physical finish, which makes it free from "reed mark" (jorebhanga) giving it a special look and feel. Also characterized by the stiff finish.^[2]

The "Basak" weaver community was the first to start making this saree. In 2024, 20,000 weavers are involved in Tangail saree weaving in Nadia and Purba Bardhaman districts of West Bengal.^[3]^[4] This saree is folded in Guti Bhanj.^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Application details of the Tangail Saree of Bengal – Geographical Indications". Intellectual Property India. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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