衣服は人の手で作られるClothes are made by people’s hands

それは誰の手でどのように生まれるのかBy whose hands, and how?

彼らの生活の中心にあるKhadiKhadi is the center of their life.

長い時間をかけて、歩くようにゆっくりと紡がれる糸は、
町を、そして人をも紡ぐThe yarn, spun slowly over long periods of time,
Spins the town, and the people too.

インドの西ベンガル州、バングラデシュとの国境に近い町 PhuliaPhulia, a town in India’s West Bengal, near the border with Bangladesh.
Spins the town, and the people too.

織物が盛んなこの地域で、自らの手で糸を紡ぐ人々と出会う
Phuliaで織られた布は、旧首都Kolkataを経由し、聖地VaranasiへMeet people who spin yarn with their own hands in a region where fabric thrives.
The fabric woven in Phulia passes through the old capital of Kolkata,
to the sacred site of Varanasi.

photograph : KOSUKE SAKAKURA
graphic : KOJI MIYAZOE