Kitahatu

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Kitahatu is a village in Murhu block, District Ranchi, in the state of Jharkhand.

Traditional cotton sarees, now used only in the tribal marriage ceremony, presented to the bride by the groom's family and ronoh(a designed cloth made of two separate pieces of light maroon and off-white hand-woven cotton sewn together and presented as a wedding gift to the groom) are woven in Kitahatu on handmade primitive handlooms.[1] It is a Munda (tribal) community.

The nearest rural marketplace is at about 3 km. in the direction of Khunti, at Soyko. Soyko's is a bustling market where lac, and other forest produce can be found.

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  1. ^ http://www.kitahatuhandlooms.bravehost.com