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Leshemi Origins: Wild Nettle of Nagaland

Leshemi Origins: Wild Nettle of Nagaland

Indigenous women of the Chakesang tribe from Leshemi, a remote Naga village in the mountains of North East India, continue to weave nettle shawls, unique to their own identity, on back-strapped looms. The fiber-to-fabric journey is completely local and self-sustaining.

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