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- Unlike any other fabric, muga silk has a naturally lustrous gold sheen. It comes from the cocoons of muga silkworms, which primarily feed on some trees. A sari made with muga silk can cost $6,500, thousands more than other saris. But the caterpillars needed to make it are in danger of disappearing. So what's happening to the muga silkworm? And why is this silk so expensive?
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@@carknower it's German owned by Axel Springer Inc not Indian
Than?
@@calvenwong8881 why not?
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I am Assamese. I used to be a Bihu dancer back when I was in high school; won a 100+ competitions. The mandatory outfit we wear during competitive Bihu dance is 'sador mekhela' made out of muga. But it needs to be worn a couple of times at least to make it comfortable. Brand new pure muga clothes feel like paper. Even the ruffling of the drapes sound like paper crumbling. That's a signature. If it doesn't sound like paper for the first wear, it's definitely not pure muga. And yes, it's expensive AF.
that kinda just sounds like it's a lower quality fabric than regular silk...
@@Ass_of_Amalek no it's not, silk, especially muga silk is like that,
My mom has quite a few silk sarees, and they feel rough at first, but the look and feel after a fe wears s unmatchable.
These were absolutely beautiful
সত্য,
@@Ass_of_Amalek it's true brand new makes a sound like paper, we wash it with kol khar to make it soft
Being from Assam i can ensure you how valuable muga silk is for our people and the culture. The golden silk is often being neglected by the other parts of the country.
It's hard to get a pure muga saree or chadar these days.
Thanks for sharing these info in your channel. Hope muga silk gets the much attention it. deserves.
It’s sad to hear how much they work hard to produce this valuable product, endangering the silk worms lives but get paid such a small fraction of what these sarees go for in the market
Hope so bro, I'm from Assam too
You are worshipping a worm
@@faithreturns333 Nonsense. The caterpillar is farmed for silk the same way bees are farmed for honey. 🐛❤🐝
Hi fellow axomiya! I didn't think anyone from Assam would even watch this. What a pleasant surprise!
My grandfather used to be a muga silk farmer , now he is no more . He had the bow that shoots clay pellets - " batulu-guti " . Now most trees remain without silkworms in the village, as people are moving to cities . It is a lot of effort to rear Muga silkworms .
Ur grandfather must have done an amazing job... Nowadays very few people have left that devote themselves in such field as it requires patience and hardwork.
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We have the same surname! My family uses 'o' though
@@yeilh There is no difference , even my close relatives use 'o' . Just a spelling thing due to translation from Assamese to English . ' লাহন ' in Assamese . We are Ahoms from the same blood line . 👍👍👍
Being someone from Assam it's really a proud moment for us that our culture is recognised on a international level.
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Muga silk is golden lustrous silk used for making bridal dresses, it's a tradition in Assam that women must wear Muga silk in her marriage.😊
India has all the four varieties of silk including muga , mulberry,tasar, Eri in whole world 🤗🤗
Wow beautiful information, thanks😊
i hate tradition. It makes marriage soo expensive. Who can afford a dress made out of Muga silk
পাত সূতা আৰু মুগা সূতাৰ পাৰ্থক্য জানক, পাত কাপোৰ বিয়াত লাগে, মুগা কাপোৰ নহয়।
@@burak9522 u work for it u save for it. These things are of celebratory importance. Don't mask your incompetence with hatred.
@@all.in.noplanB yh spend £30k for few hours of entertainment. What a great way to spend your money. I rather put my money to better use
I always love learning about traditional trades
Yez
come to assam
وش اهم الحرف الي حابه تتعلمينها!؟
Eu também
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I travelled to assam to make an entire project based on muga silk and climate change for my masters project at london college of fashion, wrote an entire thesis, collaborated with the indigenous tribes in northeast india, but my amazingly ignorant teachers 'didn't understand it' and why it is important they said and almost failed me.
The world is stupid man, and I am still struggling to find a decent job.
Because the British don't give a fu@k about India
@@wolfpack3590 true
If it was done by a western company then they will definitely pay attention 🙄🙄
Now show them this video
So sorry that your teachers are lame and the antithesis what a teacher should be. 😓
I think it is awesome, that you did this project! It sounds like the Assam style weaving and silk harvesting is very valuable and the more people worldwide know about it the better. People are stupid nevertheless people are equally warmhearthed, intelligent and dependable worldwide, one just has to find the right people. I wish you the best! 💜🙏🏼
one correction, looks can be deceiving the dress that the Assamese make out of silk is mekhela sador and not sari as mentioned in the video. sari is a single continuous dress and mekhela sador is a two piece dress.
Sounds quite similar to set mundu from kerala 😊
I am from Assam and last year I went to buy a Muga mekhela sador. The starting price quoted in one of the store was Rs 35000 which is equivalent to 463 USD. Its really sad to see the farmers suffer and earning only a fraction of the amount. The middle man makes the profit while the farmers are only given a small share.
Muga Silk is an important part of our culture our traditional attire. I hope the government can make some more rules so that these small scale farmers don't suffer and get a fair share of what they actually deserve.
Except they have given opportunities...
Farmers/craftsmen can actually sell the products directly through government. There are plenty of workshops being held recently.
Farmers have the option sell it using online medium of exchange.
What stops the farmers from selling it directly? Stop blaming the middle man. The middle man takes the risk and make necessary connections to set up the retail stores. Everyone has their own set of role. It just happens that the primary producers do not make as much as the manufactures or retailers.
Middlemen generally suck, and I can only imagine how complicated the situation is in India.
@@user-zr4qs7wl8d i hate to break it to you but the farmers in india are not privy to technology. They are too poor to afford wifi let alone phones
Why our Indian creators /news outlets never makes videos like this? Such informative.
Its a shit hole thats why , yall are super weird to women
@@pillamilla I have seen women only in my imagination. If I see one in real life I would definitely be super respectable to them.
@@pillamilla That's a generalization. You clearly haven't been to India. You have to understand that more often than not, it's the people with the bad experiences that make the most noise. While there are men who are disrespectful to women, their actions are often similar to the eve teasing and cat calling that happens in the west. Please don't say that it doesn't happen there, there have been a number of social experiments conducted on the subject.
Mistreatment of women happens here more often in comparison to the developed countries because of the high population. It's hard to enforce laws when the population is so high.
India is in no way a "Shit hole". If you want to keep believing that lie, you are free to do so but I implore you to educate yourself on India.
They make videos but you will not appreciate them , we always seek Gora validation.
The Hindu made a similar video about 5 years but obviously we were oblivious.
Talking about Assam, tea always comes first IMO. Have no idea that they have such a luxurious and beautiful Muga silk like this. What a heritage they have!
Wrong punctuation at the end
@@littledudefromacrossthestr5755 No, it's correct!
@@vagrantwatcher568 there was no strong emotion or excitement, so again, wrong punctuation
@@littledudefromacrossthestr5755 How do you measure excitement while writing a sentence? And what's the name of your English teacher? I need to take lessons from them.
This is the kind of content that reconcile me with humankind. Seeing how no matter our religious and languages differences, people make wonderful things out of literally nothing and the pride they hold because of that. This harms noone and done in the right amount is not even bad for animals or the ecosistem. This should be preserved, this pride, this beauty, this individuality, this gift that these people created and gave to the humanity. Thank you
Harm none? Errr pretty sure all those silk moth being boiled to death don't quite agree with you
Except that they use unhatched cacoons which is harmful to the caterpillar population...which ironically is the issue these people are facing. It's a real Trufulla Tree situation.
Connects you with humankind? Ain’t you human? Also this harms the moths, did you not see them tied up to the ceiling so they could be harvested for yarn?
@@roxylius7550 this is not a huge market first thing is i am an assamese and my family have only 2 or 3 muga cloths and its so limited and people are not compete to produce this . its like a pride to us this is not a buisness for our assamese people. owning a meter of muga is just a life time experience thats it
@@arunhandique1914 well he said the process "harms none" and I pointed out that silk worms are boiled to death in the process. What's wrong with my statement? Do you consider being boiled to death as being unharmed?
I love my country for it’s vibrance and diversity in not only culture, language and tradition, but also in the way they have innovated technology and inventions for millennia. it feels amazing to know how many different minds exist in that country and amalgamate together so gracefully. i feel proud!
Being an Assamese, I can ensure you that even regular Indians do not even know much about our state. Thank you for highlighting the Assamese culture through your international platform.
Does regular Assamese know about maharashtra , Gujrat ,hariyana etc culture ?
Chinese username, and you complain about all Indians as if you know about everyone.
@I know nobody cares but exactly , Forget south india how much he know about other NE indian states like Manipur , meghalay , Mizoram etcc
Hey .. that's what makes Indians .. 😂😂 .. we even don't know much about our neighbouring districts only .. how it's possible to know about Assam??
We already know we are very diverse and culture and language changes for every 50-100 km
To get yourself known, you have to represent yourself first
I got to know about Assam's tradition and culture through my Assamese friends, that's how things works
For a very long period, the harvesting of silk cocoons and production of hand made Golden Muga silk has been an integral lifestyle of the Assamese weaving community....Sualkuchi in Assam being the primary business hub of muga silk....Also, the silky smoothness of muga texture weaved in Assam can be second to none with any natural fabric in the world....
This small documentary does feature very beautifully the weaving traditions of the Assamese community...🙏🙏🙏
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Being from Assam, its such a proud moment to see us represented on an international platform, especially cuz we are hardly talked about even in national channels and media. Sending love:)
Growing up in a mulberry farm, and next to a Muga farm (of a government dept.) amidst the cocoons and plight of the muga farmers, it gives me immense pleasure to see this coverage. That these stories are now shared with a global audience. Thankyou BI!
Its not just a costume, it is our culture our heritage. And our Pride.
One of reasons why i love assam ♥️ n respect to the farmers who work hard to make muga silk.
What i believe more research and development in India is required.
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*Never thought business insider would make a documentary about This*
Proud to be Assamese
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Yessss
With it being so valuable you would think a farming operation that protects the worm would make sense, environmentally and financially.
So so proud to be from Assam, the only place in the world producing MUGA SILK
So Blessed to call myself an Assamese. Lots of love to the rich culture and heritage of the syncretic Assamese Society . Assam Silk is truly extraordinary just like Assam Tea 🙏❤
Truly i am assamese as well
And Agarwood
Lovely 🥰 🇦🇺🫶🏼
As an Assamese i grew up with Muga silk cultivation & production..in my birthplace it is cultivated in large scale.. Clothes made out of Muga silk is part & parcel of Assamese society, not to mention it's fine quality, fit & finish and d gorgeous look f d ladies & gentlemen wid Muga clothes ❤️❤️
Is it produced by killing someone or not?
Being an Assamese we take pride in our silk. It's part of our heritage and culture. A muga silk saree or a mekhela chaddar (two piece attire) can last upto many years.
India should bloom it's tourism industry and make arrangements to make people visit these small scale industries. The world should know what they wear gets through how many hardships
I don't think it is exported that much
tax benifits for buying traditional products , say buy for 20k , & 1L benifit in slab
@@AD-jq7ow Egypt is doing that model and China , Japan too !
Muga Silk is more than just a fabric, It's our identity and part of our skin.
Proud to be from Assam. Muga is our pride. Love how muga mekhla chaddar is loved all over now. People now from around the world knows Assam's heritage. Loads to love to all from Assam
Never imagined that Muga Silk will find its place in so expensive series
Me too🤣
Me too
I'd love to have a small scarf made from this silk. It is so beautiful and culturally rich. I hope that they figure out a way to continue creating the silk. They are all very talented!
This was a pleasant surprise seeing my state and especially the issue of Muga silk being presented in such a huge channel!
Very sad to hear that the original producers doesn't even get 1% of the final product price
We need something just like jio Mart to abolish the middle men
Every time I see videos like this I get a little more excited for when internet expands to the point that it's affordably accessible all around the world. Most days I'd call internet a necessary evil, but when it comes to connecting small artists and artisans directly to their consumers . . . I couldn't be happier.
what makes you think that jio mart is friendly to producers lol?
@@petrichor259 I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about the distributors who form cartel , buy at low cost and sell at higher price,
Jio sells at lower price to the customers
Ofcourse it also helps smaller producers, maybe not jio but reliance does, in many ways
@@llluminati0 what stops the people from buying from the original manufacturers? If that is the case, most of the retailers in the world would close their shops. The Zaras and the forever21 that you are wearing are all made by daily wage earners in Bangladesh and China. The retailers earn their money as middleman because they take huge risk.
As an Assamese,I feel so proud of the initiative of the Business Insider.I myself come from a family of mugs rearers and we have som plantation in our backyard.This culture is really in the verge of extinction and it needs to be preserved
Let's talk about clay pellets.Yes,they find the stickest soil and mound them just like you do for pizza and rotis.Then they make small balls of radius about 1 cm.They are dried in the sun . It is also dried by heating it near the fire.When the clay pellets,'batul guti' are as hard as stone,they are used in slingshots and bows to chase away birds and other creatures.They are form of a weapon,you can say.
When I was younger,I used the slingshot to aim batul guti at a neighborhood boy.I didn't mean to hurt him as I was confident my aim was bad.But boy,he head has his head got bloody red and was taken to the hospital.I was seriously scared and I left my crazy antics since then
Like the state... like the people... like the artistry of Assamese people... beautiful... Assam is one of the gifted state India have...
This is an amazing video. Thank you Business Insider. You're doing what our media has failed to do!
Thanks for Covering the Topic...Love from Assam...Many of Such Industries in Assam need lots of support financially and in the field of marketing and advertising etc etc...
Being a person from Assam it is a really proud moment for us that our muga silk is recognised by an international level ❤️
This clearly shows that the real workers do not get enough benefit out of this, its the middlemen who are reaping profits. It's a great injustice being done.
Yes, this is very precious. If you want to make one piece of Muga Cloth. You have to follow entire proces of cloth making steps in history. All info in the video are correct. I am from Assam.
I love learning about different cultures and their traditions. This is so cool.
Being from Assam it is Very impressive to see Assam's famous Muga silk is featured in Business Insider.
The little lady at the end of the video is adorable she made me smile so much with her cheeky grin as she sang and danced. I really hope they are able to save the industry the fabric looks stunning.
Необычное производство шёлка. Прикольно 👍
হসা কথা
Proud to be an Assamese...
All Assamese people wear muga silk in festive ,cultural program , weddings...
Really loved that lady dancing, with the happy face!! 😀❤️ I hope this get even more likes!!! 👍
Assamese attire is "Chador Mekhela" not Sari FYI... Great insight ❤️
Bhaba nasilu ketiau so expensive series t muga r kotha ahibo buli
@@nirvoysaikia1456 It belongs to an expensive culture 😎
@@rashmisarmah9643
Hi from iran!
the word (chador) is used for traditional hijab of Muslim Iranian women.
I wonder what's the historical connection between these two cultures.
@@ff-ti7nj maybe because of same Indo European language family. Many words have similarities. You'll find many more from older languages like old Persian and Sanskrit
Only name is different nothng else
Being from Assam, it's great to see a documentary on Muga silk here!
On thing I'd like to add that the dress which is usually made using Muga silk is called Sador Mekhela. It's similar to Saree but in Assam, Saree (called xari) and sador mekhela are considered as totally different dresses. Assam silks are used to make sarees also, so when one wants to see a sador mekhela (the one traditional to Assam and made using Assam silks), they shouldn't say saree but sador mekhela.
Sador mekhela is the specific term but it's generally called saree outside of Assam. I don't see any point to be nitpicking here. Because, the documentary is factually very accurate.
@@vagrantwatcher568 Sador mekhela is uncommon outside of Assam. It's like kimono outside of Japan. So it's important to know that they are differenciated Assam. If they say "I want a muga saree", they may get a muga saree which isn't a sador mekhela even if they were looking for a sador mekhela.
Sador mekhela has two parts. Sador and mekhela. A saree doesn't have a sador or a mekhela. We can call them by the same term (I guess that's what is done with the Andhra/Telangana "two piece saree") but the point I mentioned should also be considered.
Sometimes just the mekhela is worn, without the sador or riha. At that time we can't call it a saree.
I guess lehenga with dupatta is not called a saree.
@@sagirahmed1601 You have a point but when Muga Saree is a thing, then you can't say that they've used the wrong term. May be you want them to give more emphasis on Sador mekhela. But, that's not an issue. Anyways, some people of Assam always find faults and criticize other while they themselves do nothing for the culture.
@@vagrantwatcher568 I didn't say using saree is wrong, I meant using saree is misleading and that sador mekhela is more appropriate.
Some people are just busy finding others' faults and make false assumptions about others.
@@sagirahmed1601 Don't take it personally bro. I meant people in general.
FYI Muga silk is primarily used to make Mekhela Sador(Attire of Assam) and not Sari, they are both different.
Other than that, Amazing Video, Glad Business Insider made this video, love from Assam.
Sador is a type of saree. One of different styles of sarees.
@@Command-mv2nk No it's not. It's similar but not the same. Spaghetti and Ramen aren't the same are they?
Same.
Only name is different nothing else
Exactly
@@jibokomiuli no
Not only Muga farmers , every farmer in India are facing same problem. Untill the farmers get transparent market prices. No other government efforts cannot show any visual difference in Agriculture
Such a hardest work they do to made the muga silk ! Really the toughest job than expected ! Huge respect to them !
Proud to be Assamese !! 👍 The land of muga silk
Great insights explaining the reason of why it’s so expensive
Bro I like how you tell an entire story with the video, the whole process, and the lives of the people involved. Keep up the great work👍👍👍
Love the muga silk fabric quality, it has a distinct range of natural golden shades and the quality. The old lady (dadi) dance looks like our grandmother's dance in traditional wedding in Mauritius. Our ancestors must be from there. So inspiring video 💖
Thank you Business Insider for covering the indigenous process of making muga silk and mekhela sadors. It the pride of Assam and the process is very difficult and takes a lot of time and patience. The industry is very important to the economy and to the people of Assam and this must be protected at any cost.
What's missing in this video, is that each caterpillar is being boiled to death within its cocoon. You can kind of guess it based on the footage, but I think its mentionable and every silk wearer should at least be aware of it. A more sustainable and animal-friendly option is the Ahimsa silk and wild silks, where the silk is being unravelled only after the moth has hatched.
Exactly. People suck... The smaller the creature, the less worthy of life or something. People are so greedy and ignorant
Woah 😨
Bruh are feeling sorry for kacons? Lol
And then are eaten so it isn't wasted
Right around 3:37 it looks like they're removing the catepillar from the cocoon before it goes in the water.
It's a really proud moment for us
Thanks for showing our tradition to the world...
Proud to be an Assamese. Lots of respect to the Muga Silk producers. You're doing a great job. Keep it up.
its such a proud feeling that the culture of my own homeland is recognised internationally.
Amazing documentary. Thanks for covering North East culture of India.
Absolutely beautiful work that they earn Almost nothing to make. We need to work harder to preserve these ways of life as well as customs and cultural heritage.
Absolutely love these series by Business Insider.
That proud moment when you understand the language without having to read the subtitles ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I LOVE THE SARI FROM INDIA THEY ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT
Thank you for covering this🙏🏻
Thanks for covering this beautiful art and tradition! Love from Assam❤️
The process is really beautiful from leave to silk worm to silk..
In India there are three major types of silk Sarees namely Assam Kanchipuram and Bhanarasi to protect is our pride and honor and it a part of our combined heritage which belongs to whole of India to Save Muga Silk love them as my college room partner mother once wore to college thank you Indrani Mom for sharing with this heritage 😍🤩
Thank you Business Insider for covering these small businesses from every corner of India🙏
Im from SHILLONG and glad I knew this today. Thank you Insider.Delightful 😊
Damn!Didn't expected Assam to be featured in this channel.Thanks and lots of love from Assam.
Thank you very much for making this video.. Need a correction..its Mekhela Chadar not Sari..My family has been engaged in Muga, Eri farming since decades. It takes a lots of effort and takes months to produce the muga fibre..My family never take it as a business but as a reguIar work as we women need atleast one pair of Muga Mekhela Chadar and riha..And we eat the worm too..Muga is mainly cultivated in Dhakuwakhana of Lakhimpur District and Sivasagar District of Assam.But now a days due to huge air pollution caused by oil industries and tea industries its become vary difficult to cultivate Muga... Because of the busy life schedule and lack of knowledge of the whole process of extraction of Muga fibre we have stopped to cultivate Muga.. But my heart cry outs of pain when I see our big abandoned Som farm...
It’s like spun gold ✨
thankyou for bringing this small video to the people of the world
Finally a video from my motherland Assam.
Thanks Insider for the much needed feature.
For whole 8.43 mins there was a smile in my face.
জয় আই অসম।
Whenever I see these videos it always makes me want to buy directly from the people producing the product. Thousands of dollars outside of Assam but
Thank you for highlighting our culture and tradition.
Every video in this channel is as satisfying as a well crafted movie ❤️💯
First time seeing a giant insect doesn't repel my senses. Those green worms look quite cute.
I’m Assamese. Once my mom told an incident when she and her friends went for college excursion. They were all at the airport wearing muga mekhela sador. Some foreigners (not sure from which country) approached them and started asking about the attite they were wearing asking if they were of gold . They looked so moved by the texture ,design and colour of muga. It’s was around early 80s.
I love my country's diversity...love u Assam...from east India...❤️❤️
Lol that silk is seriously always cool to the touch it's really nice
Assamese culture and heritage is being recognised and appreciated in international level. Proud moment for all Assamese and Indians.
জয় আই অসম ❤️
Muga silk is a part of Assamese identity. Earlier people hardly knew about IPR and all, but recently patenting of indigenous varieties is going on. Due to the heavy price it has become unaffordable to common people. Similar synthetic varieties like tassar silk is replacing the need of common people. However there is a vast difference in quality. A muga dress pass on generations if used properly.
As a spinner in the US, I'm familiar with mulberry, tussah (seems to be spelled about six different ways), have never handled muga, but am all too familiar with rayons being sold as 'art silk'. Often even the vendors do not know if they have real silk or the rayon synthetic. A real shame.
Tussah, by the way, is made from mulberry (Bombyx) coccoons which have been allowed to hatch then unwound and spun despite being in shorter pieces.
Thank you so much, never heard of this earlier.
Feeling proud to be Assamese ... Thanks a lot to the whole team for this wonderful documentary 🙏
So proud to see! Proud of being an Indian❤️❤️❤️
Now look guys I'm an Indian guy and I've no idea what they're talking about without seeing the captions...
India is sometimes too vibrant to handle 🤣
The old lady dancing in Bihu steps grabbed my attention ♥ She is so lively!
Being ans Assamese form heart mind and soul ...I will die for these cultures to make it forever.And it's very important u know to know ur traditions ,well I'm a bihu dancer and when I wear my beautiful muga riha and muga Mekhela and get up with kopou ful(orchid) and jetuka on my hands(mehendi) I feel proud as much as every Assamese does.
Bihu and muga riha has a different place in our hearts . I hope may these traditions stays with us ❤️
I have one muga silk saree which actually belonged to my Mom and it's the only saree I took from my Mom 's saree collection after her demise in 2019 March 8th
So the caterpillars that are unhatched are forced out of their cocoon... that's quite sad.
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1:03 that granny's cute dance🤣🥺
Thank you for showing such a beautiful experience.
Very Informative👌🏼👌🏼
Every ethinic household in upper Assam muga mekhela chador is a must have, it's for festivities use, BIHU
Brilliant 👏. Not many has made such a video on Assam and its culture- tradition.
I am a student of sericulture and learning the trade. It is a scientific wonder