Gently hand embroidered on both sides of the cotton material the lightly padded hanging Christmas decorations are Christmas delights of absolute beauty. Each decoration has a sweet bow and loop for hanging. Of course, hands embroidery by illiterate rural women artisan.
Christmas is peace/ joy / faith / love etc on the stars.
Soft enough to include as an extra thought with a Christmas Card.
Dimension: 13 dia cms
Product Code Nr. : SN71F
In the tranquil rural villages of Kushtia, Gazipur and Birishiri in Bangladesh, 140 women are involved in creating exquisite items using the traditional skills of Nakshikantha embroidery. Patience, perfection and creativity are necessary attributes for every artisan who hand works this highly skilled embroidery. By securing markets for their embroidery work, the artisans, many whom are single, divorced or widowed are able to earn an income which is vital in their struggle to survival. Purchased from the Fair Trade organization SHOHOJOGITA , a Bangladesh word which means “helping each other”. The principal vision is to help the rural poor, widowed, divorced and helpless women by creating employment for them.
SHOHOJOGITA is not a profit making and Fair Trade organization. It dreams to establish a free society from exploitation, oppression, and injustice as well as a society, where each individual will be able to live in peace and harmony.