FARIDPUR, July 13 (BSS): A silent revolution has taken place in weaving industry when a handful of weavers have successfully ventured to make 'Jamdani Muslin' sarees both for domestic consumption and also for exporting and thus Faridpur has curved out a distinct place in traditional Bangladeshi Jamdani.
An on the spot survey revealed that a few years back some vibrant youths of village Sotashi of Boalmari upazilla of this district went to 'Narayanganj Jamdani Polli' in search of livelihood. Luckily they found jobs in some Jamdani weaving factories.
The youths worked there for few years. Initially they were given very poor wage as learners but after they attained efficiency they were paid Taka 4 to 5 thousand per month. But this income and their inert enterprising spirit could not satisfy their quest to be big and famous both from monetary point and also from the point of innovations.
They started dreaming of setting up independent weaving machine in Narayanganj, but the local weavers strongly opposed their attempts to set up factories at Narayanganj Jamdani Polli.
It seemed that this denial kindled their inspiration to set up Jamdani factory independently. Of them Md. Taibur Rahman Biswas,19 and Towhid Biswas, 20 returned to their village Sotashi with a strong determination to set up Jamdani Muslin saree factory.
Accordingly they transferred their technological know -how and trainings to their own younger brothers and even sisters through setting up one machine. Meanwhile Taibur Biswas has set up five weaving machines along with his own brothers and sisters and weaving Jamdani of high quality each costing from minimum 4 thousand to 10 thousand varying quality.
They can produce at least four sarees in a month. However they have increased their working hour in view of upcoming Eid festival.
Faridpur weavers making Jamdani at own initiatives
FE Team | Published: July 14, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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