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A Banarasi saree is a saree made in Varanasi, a city which is also called Benares or Banaras. The sarees are among the finest sarees in India and are known for their gold and silver brocade or zari, fine silk and opulent embroidery. The sarees are made of finely woven silk and are decorated with intricate design, and, because of these engravings, are relatively heavy. Their special characteristics are Mughal inspired designs such as intricate intertwining floral and foliate motifs, ''kalga'' and ''bel'', a string of upright leaves called ''jhallar'' at the outer, edge of border is a characteristic of these sarees. Other features are gold work, compact weaving, figures with small details, metallic visual effects, pallus, jal (a net like pattern), and mina work.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Different types of Sarees from North India, South India and East India. )〕 The sarees are often part of an Indian bride's trousseau.〔(Saree saga: Draped for elegance, growth too ) The Economic Times, 5 Apr 2009.〕〔(The religious route ) The Times of India, 3 April 2003.〕 Depending on the intricacy of its designs and patterns, a saree can take from 15 days to a month and sometimes up to six months to complete. Banarasi sarees are mostly worn by Indian women on important occasions such as when attending a wedding and are expected to be complemented by the woman's best jewelry. ==History== Ralph Fitch (1583–91) describes Banaras as a thriving sector of the cotton textile industry. The earliest mention of the brocade and Zari textiles of Banaras is found in the 19th century. With the migration of silk weavers from Gujarat during the famine of 1603, it is likely that silk brocade weaving started in Banaras in the seventeenth century and developed in excellence during the 18th and 19th century. During the Mughal period, around 14th century, weaving of brocades with intricate designs using gold and silver threads became the specialty of Banaras.〔(Banarasi Sari )〕〔(The rise and fall of Benarasi silk trade ) Rediff.com, Geetanjal Krishna in Benares, April 21, 2007.〕 The traditional Banarasi saree is done with lot of hard work and skillful work using the silk.〔http://www.teriin.org/index.php?option=com_featurearticle&task=details&sid=793&Itemid=157〕 The saree making is a cottage industry for about 12 lakh (1 lakh is 100,000) people associated directly or indirectly with the hand loom silk industry of the region around Varanasi encompassing Gorakhpur, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Jaunpur and Azamgarh districts.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Banarasi sari」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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