Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2017

RESTORING THE VANISHING ART IN THE FORM OF FASHION INNOVATION: Aipen Art of Kumaon

Miss Urmila Kharkwal

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 The research  is based on a design development which is extracting from the art and culture of a Himalayan people of” Kumaon” region from uttrakhand one of the state of India. Kumaon region has not been explored that much in the field of design and garment, they don’t have much dress form and design which is exist today. Now only “ Kamarbandth ”, a kind of waistband and “ Julka ”, a chaddar used as a head–gear, are seen with the old–aged women and women working in terraced fields , Apart of costumes  they have one beautiful traditional  art form that is called ‘‘AIPEN”   The design has different significance in different rituals . The art of aipan is the traditional style of painting developed and practiced in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. Previously it was done by grindig the rice and making paste out of that and it became formed the colour of white which is the sign of purity, peace and dedicated to god . As very less literature is available on this research so mostly this research is based upon the primary data.

For entreprenureship uttrakhand having lot of prospects to develop, as uttrakhand is famous for the dev bhumi and its nature beauty so, lots of people are coming from all over the world. These customers always wanted some traditional and folk art article to buy. So Research has focused on the preserving the art out of using new technology and modernity.

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Miss Urmila Kharkwal, RESTORING THE VANISHING ART IN THE FORM OF FASHION INNOVATION: Aipen Art of Kumaon, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾4 | April-2017

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