Before electricity came to this region, and even afterwards when loadshedding was a daily scenario, traditional palm leaf hand-held fans, locally known as "haat-pakha", were a common item in every ...

Yet behind each hand-woven fan lies a deeper struggle-access to capital. The leaves, though freely found in nature, must still be bought, dried, dyed and transformed, all of which cost money.

The conventional palm leaf fans which have become a rarity seem to be making a comeback in the city with the rise in mercury levels. The trend is seen at shops that sell conventional palm and ...

Kunji thapatham and his wife Vasantha (76) have been making and selling palm-leaf hand-fans for the past 40 years. ARIYALUR: Every morning begins with a 20-km cycle ride for R Kunjithapatham, of T ...

Hand fans have two general categories according to their shapes: 1. ... Palm-leaf fans. Compared with the feather fan, the palm-leaf fan has a history of only about 1,500 years.

Rashid Khalifa, 65, of the same village said he has been making fans for the past 25 years, but is now facing a crisis in this profession due to the scarcity of palm leaves, the main material for ...

The maximum temperature on Sunday will be 36 degree Celsius. Imagine a power cut in that heat. With the city and suburbs facing severe power shortage, residents are now turning to pana olaivisiri ...

Traditional hand fans made from palm leaves are rare in Bangladesh now. These were made in every house at Solmaid in Dhaka’s Bhatara once, but now the craftsmen are trying to save the endangered ...

The leaves have an excellent durability, therefore they were used in South and Southeast Asia to make thatches, mats, hats, umbrellas, fans as well as palm leaf manuscripts.