Ilaicha

ILAICHA

A silk satin woven on hand looms in Surat and used solely for making the Burkhas or outer garment with which the Lenava women cover themselves from head to foot having only two small holes for the eyes. These holes are covered with gauze. The fabric is woven in narrow vertical stripes of half-inch purple and half-inch gold colour, so arranged as to produce diagonal bars of purple and of gold alternating across the piece. Each narrow band is bordered with alternating red and white dots.