The traditional Jamdani of Bangladesh has now been recognized by UNESCO!

The Dhaka Times Desk The traditional Jamdani of Bangladesh has now been recognized by UNESCO. Our Jamdani has been included in the 'Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of World Civilization' under UNESCO.

The history of Jamdani in Bangladesh is very old. The Jamdani of the past is now coming back in a new guise in the World Assembly. With the return of Bengali art, culture and traditional traditions, hope has once again spread among the creative people of this country. The process of changing the history-tradition seems to be reviving again. The proof that Bengalis can never be suppressed has been found once again.

Jamdani was given this rare recognition at the Eighth Conference of UNESCO's Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage held on December 4 at the initiative of UNESCO in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. This information has been given in a press release of Bangla Academy.

It is known that representatives of more than a hundred countries of the world participated in that conference with their proposals. UNESCO scrutinized 31 proposals from different countries and finally considered 7 proposals with the highest quality. Among the 7, the proposal titled 'Traditional Jamdani Weaving Industry' of Bangladesh was unanimously approved and included in UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of World Civilization. Through this proposal of UNESCO, the traditional Jamdani of this country came to the world court again.

It should be noted that the Jamdani saree of Bangladesh has been protecting the tradition of this country since the British rule. Its continuity is preserved even today.