Shilpgram: Changing Destiny with Traditional Skills and Crafts in Bihar A Case Study on Empowerment of Rural Women Artisans
Shilpgram: Changing Destiny with Traditional Skills and Crafts in Bihar A Case Study on Empowerment of Rural Women Artisans
Authors : JEEViKA
By acknowledging the efforts of the self-help groups (SHGs) in producing masks with
Madhubani painting, Honourable Prime Minister also appreciated the gesture of the SHGs
in protetcing people’s health with their traditional skills. The traditional skill of Madhubani
painting was also mentioned on a national platform.
Fortunately, SHGs of Bihar possess a wide range of traditional skills, crafts using Madhubani
painting (also known as Mithila painting) being one of them. The land of Bihar is gifted with a
rich legacy of handicrafts and handloom passed on from generation to generation. Madhubani
painting, Sujani embroidery, Sikki craft, lac bangles, Bhagalpuri handloom silk are some wellknown traditional weaves and crafs. This tradition became the basis for JEEViKA (Bihar State
Rural Livelihoods Mission) to promote these skills as sustainable income-generation enterprises
for poor rural women. Today, this small effort has taken a concrete shape in terms of Shilpgram,
the small world of crafts nurtured by rural-artisan women of Bihar, who are determined to
change their destiny with their skills and efforts
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