A month-long training on silk weaving on fly shuttle loom and natural silk dyeing organized by department of sericulture concluded on June 18 at common facility center, Kiyeto village, Dimapur.
The resource persons of the training were extension officer, Melino Neikha, master weaver Junaki Girisa and weavers Shohita and Bohamti.
During the training, resource persons taught the participants the silk weaving on the fly shuttle loom along with dyeing of silk using natural products such as teak leaves, turmeric, bettle nut, tea leaves etc.
Six participants from three SHGs participated in the training programme which was observed by extension officer Mayangjala Walling.
It may be noted that women play an important role in sericulture; from cultivation of silkworm food plant to reeling and weaving of silk. Thus, the objective of this training was to impart these vocational skills to women involved in sericulture so as to enable them to be financially independent through this enterprise.