The M.Rm.Rm. Cultural Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports and undertakes documentations of, and works towards the revival of rural crafts, textiles and architecture that are fast disappearing today.
The Foundation helps traditional crafts people, especially women, to adapt them to change and regain their place in the economic mainstream of the country and become self-sustaining producer groups with direct marketing ability.
The crafts currently being supported by the Foundation include the Chettinad Kottan which is the traditional palm leaf basket, handmade tiles made in the village of Athangudi, the Kandanghi sari both in cotton and silk, the Chettinad lime-egg plaster and plastic baskets.
The M.Rm.Rm. Cultural Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports and undertakes documentations of, and works towards the revival of rural crafts, textiles and architecture that are fast disappearing today.
The Foundation helps traditional crafts people, especially women, to adapt them to change and regain their place in the economic mainstream of the country and become self-sustaining producer groups with direct marketing ability.
The crafts currently being supported by the Foundation include the Chettinad Kottan which is the traditional palm leaf basket, handmade tiles made in the village of Athangudi, the Kandanghi sari both in cotton and silk, the Chettinad lime-egg plaster and plastic baskets.
