Rajasthan- a Tactile Textile Tour
24 October- 12 November, 2009
Tutor- Fiona Wright
Host- Parveen Nayak    

[click for 2008 itineray]
This is the tour our company started with, an adventure through the dramatic desert state of
Rajasthan and beyond. We now include a visit to a wonderful old fort in Gurgurat where our
host’s family were the rulers of the area for the past eight generations. Here we are looked
after with their warm hospitality, wonderful kitchen and have a chance to peak at their
breath-taking textile collection and time to incorporate some of our finds into some small
felted "postcards" through a workshop with Fiona Wright.
We squeeze in a visit to the Calico Museum in Ahmedabad before spending a few days like
Kings at home in Udaipur.
As always our tour has the opportunity for lots of hands-on activities- chundri [tie and dye],
indigo dying with mud resist, block printing and perhaps we will have a chance to join the
ladies of a friend’s family to sit and stitch and learn the use of an ari [a hook much used in
embroidery in the region].
A sunset camel [or camel cart] safari for dinner in the desert and gypsy dancing, mighty forts
and palaces, serene temples, bustling market places the list of new experiences seems
endless. As they say- “In India, madam/sir anything is possible!”



click about Fiona and Parveen


2009 will follow a similar path- details will be released November, 2008
email tourraj-09@creative-arts-safaris.com to be kept up to date
Future tours will follow a similar itinerary.
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