It was then back to the hotel and at 10, Sue-On went
with a group via tuk-tuk to the silk village to see how the silk fabric
is woven. The group was met by a little old man who apologized for his
broken English, but he was actually pretty good.
There are many different "homes/buildings" where the
work was done. The first place showed a man sitting on the floor, working
with a hammer and hole punch, almost like the old computer programming
cards. These helped the weavers control the colour threads on the loom.
They had to know the patterns and multi-task.
The noise was horrendous and as always there was garbage
and cow pies everywhere, even in front of the main "showroom." It was interesting
to see the whole process, then we were shown lots of beautiful silk bedspreads,
shawls, etc., in various grades of silk. The best was taffeta and one beautiful
one was very tempting but it was had to justify spending +$300 USD PLUS
850 rupees for shipping and handling.
Back at the hotel some of our crew went to a Bollywood
movie (a drama). We opted to stay in the room and sleep! It was another
great day, and we are winding down to the end of the first Northern leg
of our India Encompassed trip.
