Chendamangalam weavers in despair as rain dampens Onam for second straight year

Kochi | Monday | 12th August, 2019

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By Express News ServiceNORTH PARAVOOR: For handloom weavers in Karimpadam, a village outside North Paravoor Municipality, the month before Onam is one of the busiest times of the year. They are the weavers of the famous Chendamangalam handloom. With great struggle and help of the weaver’s society, we managed to restore the looms after last year’s flood. However, just when the Onam work was at its peak, another flood has ruined it for us,” Sukumaran said. From their experience of last year, the majority of weavers shifted the looms to safer places..