The Handloom Week ’09 was held at Pragati Maidan from 21st to 27th December and a range of handloom products developed by 20 handloom clusters under the Integrated Handloom Cluster Development Scheme of the Ministry of Textiles were highlighted. The highlight of the event was the Handloom Fashion show, ‘Symphony of Weaves-The Handloom Ensemble’, which showcased fashion apparel made of handloom fabrics of each region of India under such titles as ‘Southern Fresco’, ‘Vibrant West’, ‘Northern Mosaic’, ‘Mystic East’, ‘Exotic North East’. The event was held at the Kadambari Theatre in the Crafts Museum. The week was celebrated this year by a slew of expos conducted across entire India in cities like Delhi, Chennai, Coimbatore, Kolkatta, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Jaipur, Mumbai, Bhillai, Dehradun, Kanpur, Lucknow, Bangalore, Puri, Kannur, Tirupathi, Dimapur, Sibsagar, Bhopal, Chandigarh and Patna.