Chapter 23: A Beautiful Cloth
खूबसूरत दुपट्टा (साजिदा का दुपट्टा, बुनाई, छपाई एवं पारंपरिक वस्त्र कला)
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- Sajida's Dupatta: Sajida was gifted a beautiful dupatta embellished with intricate golden embroidery (*कशीदाकारी*), mirror work (*शीशों की जड़ाई*), and woven borders.
- Textile Crafting Techniques: 1. Weaving (बुनाई - interlacing warp and weft yarns on handlooms); 2. Block Printing (ठप्पा छपाई - wooden carved blocks dipped in vegetable dye); 3. Tie-and-Dye (बंधेज); 4. Needle embroidery.
- Unstitched Traditional Garments of India: Dupatta, Saree, Dhoti, Lungi, and Turban (*पगड़ी*) are all single continuous unstitched pieces of woven fabric.
- Trap: Which garments in India are worn as single unstitched pieces of fabric? Correct: **Saree, Dupatta, Dhoti, Lungi, and Turban (पगड़ी)**.
NCERT Core Facts: Handloom Weaving, Block Printing & Unstitched Textiles
NCERT Class 3 Chapter 23 introduces children to textile geometry, craft traditions, and natural printing.
1. Unstitched Clothing Traditions of India
- Sajida draped her dupatta in dozens of creative ways: as a saree, as a headscarf, as a turban, and as a cradle sling.
- Cultural Fact: In India, ancient traditional attire consists of unstitched woven cloth (असिले वस्त्र):
- Saree (साड़ी)
- Dhoti (धोती)
- Lungi (लुंगी)
- Turban / Pagri (पगड़ी)
- Dupatta / Shawl (दुपट्टा)
2. Hands-on Printmaking & Folk Dyeing
- Children carve geometric patterns on sliced ladyfinger (भिंडी) and potato halves.
- Dipping stamped vegetables into natural colors creates repeating geometric borders, introducing concepts of symmetry, tessellation, and traditional block printing (ब्लॉक प्रिंटिंग).
Test Your Mastery: A Beautiful Cloth
Authentic CBSE exam questions tested directly from this NCERT chapter.
Which of the following groups consists exclusively of traditional Indian garments that are worn as single unstitched lengths of woven cloth?
निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा समूह भारत के पारंपरिक परिधानों का है जिन्हें बिना सिले वस्त्र के रूप में पहना जाता है?
How can children create repeating block-print border patterns using common vegetables in an EVS activity?
ईवीएस गतिविधि में बच्चे सामान्य सब्जियों का उपयोग करके ब्लॉक-प्रिंटिंग पैटर्न कैसे बना सकते हैं?
Name three traditional Indian garments that are worn without any stitching.
Saree, Dhoti, Lungi, and Turban.
How can children explore block printing using household vegetables in EVS?
By dipping cross-sections of ladyfinger or carved potatoes in paint and stamping patterns on cloth.