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Hinganagar, a village in Bangladesh’s Tangail, specialises in making mats or spreads, locally known as \'shitol patis\'. Over 4,000 people from around 800 families in the village have been making a living from this trade for the last 200 years or more.
People in the village weave the famous shitol patis (literally meaning \'a mat cool to touch\') using indigenous cane.
The village is in the Atia union under Delduar upazila of Tangail. It is situated at a convenient distance of 10 kilometres from the district headquarters. The mat makers here are from the Hindu community. They have been producing these mats for many generations now.
For the craft\'s sustenance, \'pati bet\', (a cane variety) is cultivated on 600 acres of land in the village and most of the villagers are engaged in production related activities.
People of all ages, including men, women and children, are engaged in the production of the traditional craft. They harvest cane -- the raw material -- from the fields, and process it to separate the fibre from the plant. They weave the mats just sitting anywhere -- their homesteads, yards as well as village streets.
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