Maghi Festival Tea Towel

Bring the color and spirit of Nepali festivals to your kitchen with this beautiful printed tea towel!

This is one of a series of towels that feature festivals celebrated by the Tharu people in Central Nepal. It carries images from the Maghi festival which is the largest celebrated by the Tharu people and marks the end of the winter solstice. The festival welcomes the longer days by worshipping the Sun and involves much dancing and music.

The images were embroidered by four fiber artists in Bardiya district – Kushma, Kanchan, Geeta and Binita - who lost family members during the conflict in Nepal (1996-2006). The four are member of the Network of Families of the Disappeared Nepal (NEFAD) and have turned to stitching as a form of therapy and source of income. They have formed an association, Bardiya Craft, to produce their embroidery and also offer embroidery training to Tharu women. The towels were designed by Daniela Passos in Brazil.

Profits from the towels will be invested in Bardiya Craft.

These towels can be purchased for $17.50 a towel and $110 for a set of eight.