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These initiatives create dignified jobs — even reintegrating ex-guerilla fighters into a peaceful workforce — building a more sustainable future from the country’s historic “blue rivers of indigo

Matka silk is spun from the leftover fibres of hatched cocoons

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Overdye with cochineal or madder: plum and wine-red tones

Woad ball (Isatistinctoria) fermented woad -couched woad (min. 90 grams) cellulose dyeing This is a book IIn the past, woad dye was produced by fermenting ground woad leaves into solid balls, known as pastel in France. This labor intensive tradition involved growing, harvesting, grinding, shaping, and drying the woad before later crushing and soaking the balls to create a fermentation vat. These handmade woad balls revive that centuries old process. The special bacteria naturally present on Isatis tinctoria play an essential role in reducing the organic