Editing Muslin (section)

==== Bangladesh ====
{{See also|Textile arts of Bangladesh|Textile industry of Bangladesh|Jamdani}}
In the second decade of the 21st century, a scheme called ''Bangladesh Golden Heritage Muslin Yarn Manufacturing Technology and Muslin Cloth Restoration'' was undertaken to restore and develop the muslin production system in Bangladesh. Under this project, samples of muslin from different countries including India, Britain were inspected and data collected. Old maps of the [[Meghna River]] were examined and combined with modern satellite imagery to identify possible locations – where phuti carpus plants could still be found. From there, the genetic sequences of the recovered cotton plants were made and compared with the original ones. After testing, a carpus plant was identified, which was 70 percent identical to the Futi carpus. An island in the Meghna, 30 km north of [[Dhaka]], was selected for the production of this corpus, where some seeds were sown experimentally in 2015, and the first cotton was harvested that year. But at that time there were no skilled spinners in Bangladesh to produce fine yarn.  On the other hand, Indian spinners were able to produce 200-300-400-500 count fine yarn from cotton. As a result, in joint venture with Indian spinners, a hybrid yarn of 200 and 300 count was produced by combining common and futi corpus cotton. At least 50 tools were needed to make cloth from yarn, which had to be reinvented, as they disappeared with muslin. Ultimately a weaver is able to weave a saree with a thread count of 300, which is nowhere near the quality of real ''Dhaka muslin''; But much better quality than what the weavers of many generations past have woven.

The [[Bangladesh Handloom Board]] (BHB) is implementing the first phase of the project titled ''Bangladesh's Golden Heritage Muslin Yarn Manufacturing Technology and Muslin Cloth Reviving'', and the Revival work was completed in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.textiletoday.com.bd/legendary-muslin-revived/ |title=Legendary Muslin revived again, Textile Today, 2 January 2021 |date=2 January 2021 |access-date=2 January 2022 |archive-date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102145521/https://www.textiletoday.com.bd/legendary-muslin-revived/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Dhakai Muslin'' was recognized as a GI (Geographical Indication) product on 28 December 2020. The [[Government of Bangladesh]] declared official revival of fine Dhaka Muslin in April 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/bangladesh-resurrects-precious-woven-air-dhaka-muslin/2574987 | title=Bangladesh resurrects precious woven-air Dhaka muslin }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/9/textile-hub-bangladesh-revives-muslin-the-forgotten-elite-fabric | title=Textile hub Bangladesh revives muslin, the forgotten elite fabric }}</ref>

In 2022, the Dhakai Muslin House was built on the banks of [[Shitalakshya River|Shitalakshya]] river at Rupganj under Tarab municipality of Narayanganj district. The second phase of the project named ‘Dhaka Muslin Commercialization’ begins in 2023.

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File:Art Market by Shilpakala Academy 2024 183.jpg|A ''Dhakai muslin'' saree, produced by Bangladesh Handloom Board under the project "Bangladesh Muslin Golden Heritage of Technology Reviving the Technology of Muslin Golden Heritage"
File:Art Market by Shilpakala Academy 2024 188.jpg|Dhaka muslin fabric
File:Art Market by Shilpakala Academy 2024 192.jpg|A scarf of ''Dhakai muslin'', woven with 300 count yarn
File:BANGLADESH visits (53504796999).jpg|[[Saida Muna Tasneem]], the [[ List of high commissioners of Bangladesh to the United Kingdom|high commissioner of Bangladesh to the United Kingdom]], in a pastel green muslin [[Sari]]
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