Quilt
Narigranta Prabartna
100 years of International Women's Day, Celebrating Women's Struggles
6 – 8 March, 2010. Jointly organized by: Narigrantha Prabartana, UBINIG and Odhikar
QUILT: EXPRESSING WOMEN… "SHOTO BOCHORER SHOTO KANTHA": HUNDRED QUILTS CELEBRATING 100 YEARS
Quilt making, commonly known as Kantha making is a very favourite collective activity of women in Bangladesh. On the occasion of 100 years of celebration of International Women's Day with the participation of women from rural and urban areas, it was considered very important to involve a greater section of women to record how they feel and how they wanted to express themselves. Kantha making, that is expressing without pen and paper, was the best way to bring all women, literate or illiterate, together to expr...