On the earth tamilov. Historical changes

you are: On the earth tamilov

Historical changes, modern social and economic progress have a little mentioned handicraft weaver's manufacture. It is in a vice of the most complicated problems. Manual weaving - business family. The family has one-two primitive wooden machine tool. They are almost always established in premises. Anyway I had such impression of visiting of many weavers. It is weaver's shop, at night - the general bedroom in the afternoon.

Usually in a family weave all: the father, mother, adult sons and daughters-in-law, unmarried daughters. Adults are helped invariably by children. Tkane - business difficult, and in it study since the childhood. Therefore weavers do not send children in school more often - children should master secrets of weaver's manufacture. Not casually in families of weavers almost universal illiteracy. Earnings at weavers, as a rule, the low.

The Weavers who have been not united in co-operative societies, - object of severe operation from intermediaries who name masters though they do not weave. Intermediaries supply weavers with raw materials, buy from them production and will organise its sale. Weddings, the funeral, different urgent needs force the weaver to address for the credit to the intermediary whom it receives usually under high percent. Sooner or later handicraftsmen appear in debt servitude at intermediaries from which much never manage to be released.

For years of independence in India in interests of development of handicraft weaver's manufacture various measures were undertaken. But made till now it is obviously not enough. Perhaps, the most effective and perspective from accepted measures - creation of snabzhenchesko-marketing co-operative societies in which it is united now about third of weavers.

I have visited such co-operative society located in 50 kilometres from Madras in village Ajampetai. With its creation position of weavers has considerably improved. The co-operative society supplies the members with raw materials, buys all production. Earnings of weavers - members of co-operative society have increased twice. In many co-operative societies the social security fund for which account to handicraftsmen, for example, give small loans and loans is created.