Rann Utsav Kutch Attractiony

CULTURE Art, Music & Culture

Kutch, a culturally vibrant district in Gujarat, is renowned for its rich heritage. The music here blends Sufi influences with folk traditions, featuring unique instruments like Bhorrindo, Manjira, Morchay, Jodia Pava, and Rava. The local dialect is Kutchi. The region is also known for its traditional crafts including embroidered garments, wall paintings, wooden carvings, and handcrafted jewelry. Kutch is home to diverse communities, many of whom migrated over generations from Marwar (Western Rajasthan), Sindh, Afghanistan, and beyond.

Food & Drink

Most residents of Kutch follow a vegetarian lifestyle. Communities like Jains and Brahmins adhere to strict vegetarian diets. Jains, in particular, avoid root vegetables such as potatoes, onions, garlic, and yams as part of their dietary principles.

Tea

Tea is the most popular drink in this region and is enjoyed irrespective of sex, caste, religion or social status. Tea stalls where groups of people chat over tea are invariable sights of every village or town entrance from early morning to late evening.

Handicrafts

Kutch is the place which is famous for its various handicraft items – Garments Embroidery , Handwall painting , Jewellery items , Wood Carving , Wall Paintings & more views

Language

For those visitor who are interested to like visit Historical Sites, Wild Life Sanctuary

The Style

Currently, KALA RAKSHA works with six distinct Hand Embroidery style . the Sindh-Kutch regional styles of suf, khaarek, and paako, and the ethnic styles of Rabari, Garasia Jat, and Mutava.

Suf

Suf is a painstaking embroidery based on the triangle, called a "suf." Suf is counted on the warp and weft of the cloth in a surface satin stitch worked from the back.

Khaarek

Khaarek is a geometric style also counted and precise. In this style, the artisan works out the structure of geometric patterns with an outline of black squares, then fills in the spaces with bands of satin stitching that are worked along warp and weft from the front.