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Assam is one of the largest eri cocoon producing States of the country, due to the lack of proper equipment to produce the weft yarn from these silk cocoons, State’s artisans have now gradually started withdrawing from their tradition of weaving eri cloths, a natural warm silk cloth made of the yarns derived from the cocoons of eri worms. which are known to be wholly organic and hence have a great demand in other parts of the country and abroad as well.
