WHERE DOES PASHMINA COME FROM?
Pashmina is designed as a solitaire among fibres. Pashmina is a ball of fine cashmere wool, initiate in the form a breed of goats called ‘Capra hircus’ inherent to the high Himalaya Mountains of Nepal, Pakistan and northern India. A prominent Muslim scholar, Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani was the first person who discovered the Pashmina Goat in Ladakh in the 1300s. The word Pashmina originates from the Persian word ‘Pashmineh’ which means ‘made from Pashm’. In Persian ‘Pashm’ means “wool”. The Iranians, who came to Kashmir via the Ladakh route, gave the fabric its name, ‘Pashmina’.
The Changpa tribe, from the Changthang region, are known to be the traditional producers of Pashmina Wool in the Ladakh region. During the severe winters, when temperatures are below -40° C, the Changthangi goats grow a thick down of very fine & warm fibres under their coarse outer layer of fur, which results in 80-170 grams of the fibre from each goat is collected approximately. This fine fibre coat enables these goats to survive the chilly winters. This fine warm fibre, called “Pashm” is shed by the goats during spring & that is when it gets harvested by the Changpa tribe.
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