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Once the printing is finished with a specific color and block, the artisan cleans the block and must wait for the cloth to dry before continuing. This is a deceptively simple art - each piece features dozens, if not hundreds, of careful impressions. \u003cbr\u003eThe artisan community suffered forced displacement in the late eighties, losing their ancestral homes and farmlands in the process. 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