Basohli Pashmina

  • Recently, Basohli Pashmina, a more than 100-year-old traditional craft from Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, has got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
  • It is a hand-spun product known for extreme softness, fineness and light-weight, has insulating properties and extended life.
  • Pashmina products include shawls for men and women, mufflers, blankets and basket.
  • Pashmina refers to a fine variant of spun cashmere (the animal-hair fibre), that is derived from the downy undercoat of the Changthangi.
  • It is obtained from a breed of mountain goats (Capra hircus) found on the Changthang Plateau in Tibet and parts of Ladakh.
  • A traditional producer of pashmina wool in the Ladakh ....
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