Rangpur Craft

Rangpur, Bangladesh

Satranji is a creative art of weaving and technically it is similar to modern tapestry. In the past, Satranji was considered as a status symbol of aristocratic families. Satranji is a hand made product of artisans. This types of handicraft has no institutional framework, totally it is done by experienced person, and the old experienced person is known as “ Master”. This very attractive and colorful fiber yarn was used to make seat cover, bed sheet and wall mat for interior decoration of houses. Even extra-large size Satranjies were produced and used to cover a place of big public gathering to hold meetings or music conferences. Now-a-days, Satranji is used to make diversified creative products like coin purse, ladies hand bag and table mat. Satranji is a centuries old traditional way of producing handmade colorful carpets still being practiced in Nishbetganj, Rangpur district of Bangladesh. In order to develop and promote the craft, the government is now undertaking a project to set up a 'Satranji Village.’ The government will invest around Taka 10 million to set up the village, which will include 116 weaver families from Nishbetganj. These weavers, who work in the unorganized sector, have been producing colorful wall-mats, floor-mats, bedcovers and many other items.