Supporting Weaving Communities
Kalyani Rugs is dedicated to supporting cultural sustainability projects and the weaving families they benefit. We, as well as our customers, can help make a difference.
Afghan Tree Kazak Rug
Every rug sold at Kalyani Rugs helps provide educational resources for women and children, contributes to the stability of rug weaving communities, and supports the continuity of a cultural art form with a 2,500-year heritage.
We work with Barakat, a cultural survival organization whose vision is “a world free of violence where women and men can regard each other as equals, with equal opportunities to learn and grow.”
Over the past three decades, Barakat, along with a small network of rug merchants and their family of customers, has had a tremendous impact.
Proceeds have helped establish schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan, along with literacy programs that have brought education and opportunity to thousands of women and children. This important work continues today, helping sustain educational opportunities despite the difficult circumstances in Afghanistan. Barakat has also partnered with projects in rug weaving communities in India (including the Zamin Project) and in Nepal.
India Zamin Qashqai
Barakat rugs are woven with age-old traditional methods, using exceptional quality wool from high-elevation sheep breeds prized for its luster and strength. The hand-carded and handspun wool is colored with natural vegetable dyes, derived from local roots and plants using re-established recipes almost lost to time. Hand-knotted with these superior materials, they are among the finest and most durable carpets woven anywhere in the world.
These remarkable works of woven art come from families proud of their achievements and are created to last for generations.
We invite you to explore these remarkable rugs in person.
Nepal Gaon Naksha
138 East Main Street
Grass Valley, CA 95946
530-997-3486
Shepherd in Afghanistan
Drying dyed wool in India
Weavers in Afghanistan
Cultural Survival projects help weaving communities
