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between Delhi & Mumbai, Gujarat has been the breeding ground
for an amazing array of embroidery, weaving, dyeing & printing
techniques, handicrafts made from wood, stone & metal, &
folk atrs of the tribal communities. More than 4000years ago, the
bead factories, copersmiths potters & jewellers of Lothal &
Dholawira achieved standards of exellence & maturity. The woman
of pastoral communities have embroidered clothes for their owm trousseau
for centuries, & the tribes of the hills continue an ancient
tradition of decorating their houses with paintings, called pithoras,
& tetra cotta horses to ward off evil spirits.