The selvage is the term for the self-finished edges of fabric. The selvages keep the fabric from unravelling or fraying. It is a result of how the fabric is created. One of the main and the most attractive features of the Munda textile is the combination of the Red and the white.
Symbolism of Red and Indigo
Our odyssey led us to discover many insights as to how the rang or colour of the mundari costumes came into existence. History unwinds into many facts and figures or just assumptions. we learnt that the birth of the colour red came into the munda being after an incident which was described to us. Legend says that there seamed to be two Mundari community members who travelled and finally reached the district of maranghada where they wished to settle but were not sure if the gods or nature would be pleased with their decision.
We were told that they prayed and stringed a rooster to the tree as a gesture of their offerings. If the gods were pleased the cock would remain alive till the next morning or else would be eaten by the wild. The wait overnight was worth tithe gods and nature were pleased with their worship and offerings and the animal was found alive. They then slaughtered the rooster as an act of celebration and offered the blood to the mighty, making the red of the blood extremely symbolic. This was as far as the legend narrates. The colour red was then procured from the sal tree seed oil and the palash flower for the purpose of dye stuff, also called as the raanga sali Now a days due to the cost chemical dyes have taken over. The other colour predominantly used was kora or natural tone indicating purity.
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