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Tie-Dyed Fabric, Jaipur, India, 1999

Photo: Tie-dyed fabrics
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Tie-dyed fabric is hung to dry from a roof in Jaipur, India. Such Indian textiles are among the richest craft legacies on Earth, encompassing literally thousands of local styles and techniques.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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Photograph by Cary Wolinsky

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