HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL TOWN OF BANGLE MAKERS- FIROZABAD, UTTAR PRADESH


Ar Akshita Jain, Ar Kriteeka Sharma
MBS School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Abstract
Firozabad is a district situated near Agra. It is known as the Glass City of India for its large manufacturing of glass-related products. For more than 200 years the Firozabad industry has been indulging in making glass bangles and now has become the world’s largest producer. Bangle-making skills have been transferred from generation to generation passing on the traditional technique. Now the business of the glass industry has grown in various fields like glassware like beakers, flasks, containers for laboratories, and other products like light bulbs, battery bulbs and other lighting and spotting equipment, glass art items are also made like toys, candle stands, fruits, birds and animal figurines and images of gods and goddesses and domestic glass goods like drinking glasses. It has now become a culture of small households in the city to indulge in making glass-related items. Most of the population is connected to the business. To produce all these products, one requires skill, craft and knowledge which cannot be gained without proper practice and knowledge. This paper focuses on the history of the town which is lesser explored and studied. It has various aspects of culture which has been studied upon.
Keywords: Glass, bangle, craft, traditional knowledge
Journal Name :
EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR)

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Published on : 2024-10-23

Vol : 10
Issue : 10
Month : October
Year : 2024
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