What is the traditional embroidery of Punjab called?
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The traditional embroidery of Punjab is called “Phulkari”.
Phulkari (Gurmukhi: ਫੁਲਕਾਰੀ; Shahmukhi: پھلکاری) refers to the folk embroidery of the Punjab region and Gulkari of Sindh in South Asia.
The traditional embroidery of Punjab is known as Phulkari.
Although phulkari means ‘floral work’, the designs include not only flowers but also cover motifs and geometrical shapes.
The main characteristics of phulkari embroidery are use of darn stitch on the wrong side of coarse cotton cloth with coloured silken thread.
The traditional varieties of phulkaris are large items of cloth and include chope, tilpatr, neelak, and bagh. Some make the distinction that phulkari only refers to sparingly-embroidered flowers, where the base cloth is still visible, while an intricately embroidered flower pattern that covers the entire garment is known as a bagh (‘large garden’).