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The world of Sarees has plenty of wonders. In that world, there exists an exquisite set of saree extraordinaire that can go on to become heftier in price; in contrast, elegance, robustness, and simplicity come in an affordable offering. Below is a roundup of Bangladeshi Sarees that are robust in quality but are outside the hefty-priced ones.
Tangail Taat
The handloom industry based at Tangail is renowned, but the weavers there need to be paid more for their day-to-day work to keep up with the demands of the sarees.
The sarees created in handlooms undergo multiple steps, including the final one, where a template settles for the motifs all over a sample of sarees, and the template's design is followed by weaving.
Surprisingly, sarees come in an affordable price range starting from 500 BDT. As the work and time required to make one saree go high, the price range also increases. The muslin sarees originally made by the weavers of the Tangail handloom industry are the highest-priced product from the place.
Manipuri
Premium soft cotton clothes that are washable, robustly made, and colour intact are highly desirable products given Bangladesh's tropical weather.
In the monsoon, it is challenging to wear sarees that are prone to damage if water, mud, dust, or too much sunshine comes into contact with them since they are not washable and require a completely different cleaning procedure.
Manipuri is the opposite of sarees, which are sensitive to weather conditions. The price range of Manipuri sarees begins at 1250 BDT and goes high as the detailing and time spent behind one saree increase.
Chanderi Silk
Silk rules the saree market in Bangladesh as competitively as cotton does; silk is more dynamic because it can suit the non-weaving techniques of giving patterns or motifs to Sarees.
Digital print is a motif-giving procedure that incorporates picture-like intricate designs that are less time-consuming and less complex to get done than hand-weaved sarees.
Chanderi Silk is a type of Silk-made fabric with vivid digital prints. The sarees are washable and effortlessly available in the market, but they are very affordable, starting from 700 BDT.
Afsan block print
The block print sarees are comparatively less time-consuming and unchallenging than sarees requiring attention and intricate handweaving details.
Block print is easier to get done to give the fabric patterns. Afsan block print comes in discrepant varieties like golden, white, and silver. Since creating motifs using blocks and ingredients that stick to a piece of fabric is uncomplicated, these sarees come in a thrifty price range that starts from only 500 BDT.
Batik
Tye-dye and Batik go hand in hand in Bangladesh's saree orchestra. Batik sarees come in both silk and cotton variants, and the designs are unchallengingly recognisable due to their similarity throughout the Batik products in the market.
Since they are sold and promoted by both go-to saree marketers and buyers, the sarees make up the highest-available saree variant in the saree market of Bangladesh. The price range starts from 900 BDT.