Embroidery Handicraft is a tradition:
Handicrafts are basically hidden talents of human beings, usually many people think differently and handicraft is an art not everyone can do it, it’s beyond our thinking people who love the beauty of wisdom, colors, nature, and the universe are aesthetic people.
Aesthetic people are the ones who:
• Loves nature
• Know the Beauty of the universe
• Appreciate each and everything
• Kind with human beings and see good in others.
Most people love to express their feelings and emotions through handicraft by designing, painting, and use different materials for handicraft and embroidery, Pakistan men’s in the road with no jobs are aesthetic people they show their talent by painting buses, trucks, and walls, etc. many other people do embroidery. In the northern area of Pakistan mostly people do embroidery because its cultural heritage is one of art and a part of handicraft which is done by hands. Here are some pictures:
This hand embroidery is done by using needles, embroidery frame, pork, embroidery thread, fabric, and trimmer or thread clipper. Different fabrics are used for hand embroidery some common fabrics used for hand embroidery are cotton, chiffon, silk, polyester, and velvet, etc, most of the hand embroidered patches is are made on white cotton fabric. This is the traditional and cultural hand embroidery of northern area and so much expensive because for make it takes a lot of time and a hard work, whatever design you want they will make it easy and the most important point is these all are done by women’s of the northern area, they have different hidden talents. In K.P.K they also do embroidery and make their traditional jewelry by hand. Pakistan is full of handicrafts in every province we have something new to see new to learn and new to create for handicrafts. We have our cultural handmade pillow, frames, and caps. Caps are used by bride and groom which they wear on their wedding day because it’s our tradition hand embroidery pillows are a gift to the bride to decorate their room. Not only at weddings do our grandparents wear it on daily basis, dresses are made by embroidery men's jackets wallets are also made by handicraft. Many people visit northern areas and love their culture and tradition, many local people visit there and get marry their because they love their dresses and culture. By this economy is getting better day by day. Now handicrafts are available in shops, even you can buy it online also tourism is increasing day by day. And the culture of the northern area is vast and popular know.
Many people now a days know about hand embroidery and the culture or tradition of northern area many tourist from abroad came to visit northern area of Pakistan and they loved our culture and tradition some of them follow our culture and wear our hand embroidery shirts and caps buy some stuff for their friends and family our traditional food is also one of best in the world.
Here are some hand embroidery:
As you have seen the handmade embroidery you will love to learn this from the people who made it. Our jewelries and stones are also one of hand embroidery because most of silver rings are made by hand and in that ring they attaché stone it’s up to you which stone you want in it .many of people wear their birth stone rings because they believe in astrology , birth stone brings success and happiness in their life . Most of people from north wear it in their hands. And brides wear traditional hand embroidery cap with handmade jewelry which is called “ silsila”.in northern areas people are active in art and craft work because they it all by their heart. Our special hand embroidery is gown which we call “choghas”.they also make different items like key chains carpet waving’s and wood utensils. They use bright color for hand embroidery and its depend on the customer what color he or she will prefer. Our older women’s still wear caps and light color dupatta. Which are also handmade. In northern area of Pakistan Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral both are following their culture and tradition. of hand embroidery. Even in Chitral women’s do handicraft but they don’t wear caps like Gilgit women’s. But in Chitral women’s dress is decorated with beats and fossilized kauri shells which indicate that the Chitral land was under the water and most earth quake storms and other disasters held there. In northern area their homes are decorated by hand embroideries and different handicrafts. They have a talent which is now known by world and people love to see and buy our handicrafts and handmade embroideries .it’s not easy but northern area of Pakistan have a hidden talent which is known as handicraft hand embroidery and its full of natural reassures.