Brighton & Hove News, 28 July 2023:
'A Brighton family have literally stopped traffic with a new mural inspired by a sari pattern on their new home.
Poppy Jaman and Jaan Madan moved to Southampton Street in Hanover in January, and immediately knew they wanted to make a splash when decorating the outside.
She said: “One of the reasons we wanted to move to the centre of Brighton is that it’s so colourful.
“We were inspired by murals in Washington where there’s a whole area where there’s murals which have been created out of adversity.
“That inspired the idea of making a statement with our home. I wanted to not just paint something that I love. If you just love something that’s enough, but I also wanted to say here’s a bit of my identity.
“I collect saris and Jamdani is a signature saris of Bangladesh. It’s got a colonial past to it.
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The mural is inspired by the Jamdani weave saree, the signature saree of Dhaka, Bangladesh, which dates back at least as far back as 300BC.
Between the 16th and 19th centuries, Jamdani fabric – so fine it was known as ‘woven air’ – was one of the most highly coveted commodities in Mughal courts and further afield. However, by the mid-19th century, Jamdani had become almost extinct.
Poppy has written more about her relationship with the Jamdani design and its colonial history here.'
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As an Italian I can confirm, also, what's wrong with cooking using hands? The f- are you supposed to use to cook??
🤓☝️: "erm AcTuAlLy you should use cooking utensils and tools-"
THAT YOU HOLD WITH YOUR *HANDS* THAT HAVE TO BE *CLEAN* EITHER WAY!!!
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Let's plan a street food outing where we enjoy momos and gol gappe from various food carts, and afterwards, we can compare and discuss which one we liked the most.
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