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Shoe-making of Agra

The Craft of Leather

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IDC, IIT Bombay

People

Though the craft of shoe-making is labor intensive, the karigars of Agra are carrying the tradition forward. Most of them belong to the Muslim community or the scheduled castes. While some people fabricate and sell shoes under their own label, maintaining their own identity and regular inflow of work, some ‘produce’ them for large international brands.

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