Kalamkari painting refers to ........

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Kalamkari painting refers to:

A hand-painted cotton textile in South India.

A handmade drawing on bamboo handicrafts in North-East India.

A block-painted woollen cloth in Western Himalayan region of India.

A hand-painted decorative silk cloth in North- Western India.

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Explanation:

Kalamkari is an ancient style of hand painting done on cotton or silk fabric with a tamarind pen, using natural dyes. The word Kalamkari is derived from a Persian word where ‘ kalam ‘ means pen and ‘ kari ‘ refers to craftsmanship. This art involves 23 tedious steps of dyeing, bleaching, hand painting, block printing, starching, cleaning and more.