These portraits are of weavers (Tantis) of Tangail & Roopganj districts as part of an ongoing project for Tateeghar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. ‘Charjapada’ (The ancient inscription of Bengali language) indicates that the artistic occupation existed even in ancient Bengal. Tantis belongs both from the Hindu and Muslim Communities.
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