Bhulia is an Indian Hindu caste originally from western
Odisha
Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...
but presently found throughout Odisha.
The Bhulia have a high position with the weaver caste system. They have no sub castes. They are a weaver caste known primarily for their
tie-dye
Tie-dye is a term used to describe a number of resist dyeing techniques and the resulting dyed products of these processes. The process of tie-dye typically consists of folding, twisting, pleating, or crumpling fabric or a garment, before binding ...
fabrics (known as ''sambalpuri'').
Bhulia caste members all use the surname Meher, and are therefore sometimes also referred to as the Bhulia Tanti (''tanti'' being a generic term for all weaver castes).
Kapta
Kapata also called "Khan", was a cotton
piece good produced in various dimensions. Bhulia
weavers
Weaver or Weavers may refer to:
Activities
* A person who engages in weaving fabric
Animals
* Various birds of the family Ploceidae
* Crevice weaver spider family
* Orb-weaver spider family
* Weever (or weever-fish)
Arts and entertainment
...
were used to weave this cloth. It was a handwoven native cloth primarily used for female clothes such as blouses.
In
Kannada
Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...
language "Kapata is an article of cloth".
References
Indian castes
Weaving communities of South Asia
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