For Kashmir's Willow Wicker Handicrafts, A Hope For Revival
Falling returns and lack of incentives had brought the art of making fancy wicker products in Kashmir to the verge of extinction. But now there is hope for its revival. Considered to be the youngest art in the handicraft spectrum of the valley, wicker work involves making baskets, trays, chairs, tables and even beds using long and slender branches of willow bushes that grow in the marshy lands of Kashmir. (Video credit: PTI)
