
Indigo
The Ancient Dye That Changed the World
Online Lecture
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Lecturer: Judy Tenzing
Date: Thursday 10 April, 2025
Duration: 1 hour
Start Time: 10.00am AEDT | 9.00am QLD | 9.30am SA | 7.00am WA | 12.00pm NZST
Price: $25 AUD
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overview
Indigo is one of the world’s oldest dyes.
First used six thousand years ago in South America, indigo would go on to achieve global acclaim in the textile markets of ancient civilizations, including in India, Egypt, the Middle East, Mesoamerica, and West Africa.
In many cultures, indigo dye held significant cultural and symbolic meaning, often used to dye textiles for clothing, religious garments, and other important traditional rites.
Join Judy Tenzing for a brilliant lecture which traces the unique story of this stunning blue wonder throughout history, which includes a consideration of its origins, uses, and importance to the people who made it, traded it and spun it into the myriad indigo textiles we see today.
YOUR EXPERT LECTURER
Judy Tenzing is a historian with a passion for all things South Asian – India, the Himalaya, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Her deep knowledge and love for the history, music, textiles and literature of these regions adds a rich dimension to the tours she leads.
Judy has a degree in South Asian History as well as post graduate qualifications in secondary teaching. She has taught at the University of Sydney’s Centre for Continuing Education – offering courses in the histories of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet and Myanmar, as well as courses on the religions and cultural traditions of these regions.
Judy’s main passions are India of the Raj as well as the Mughal period in India. This naturally leads to a deep interest in the histories of surrounding cultures and nations, notably Tibet, Myanmar and Bhutan – all of which are intricately entwined with that of India. In addition, Judy had taught World Religions at senior secondary level for over a decade and this enables an even deeper understanding of the great subcontinent, where faith and history are inseparable.
Judy led her first tour for Academy Travel in 2012 and has been a regular leader since then, accompanying groups to India, Myanmar, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. Judy is also a regular presenter for Academy Travel at the Nicholson Lectures at the University of Sydney.
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