At the age of 82 the mild spoken Sarat Mala Chakma is still able to carry a sweet smile on her face and still retain the marvellous dexterity in weaving on the Chakma waist-loom. National Crafts ...

Up in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), 25-year-old weaver Sonabi Chakma of Rangapani village starts her long day as the sun rises over her five-acre pineapple field. There, she works for two hours ...

Indigenous weddings in the Chittagong Hill Tracts have always stood apart from any other weddings in Bangladesh. They were smaller, simpler, and more intimate, but deeply rooted in tradition. The ...

Liu Xianglan, a national representative inheritor of the traditional brocade artisanship of the Li ethnic group in Wuzhishan city, South China's Hainan province, demonstrated traditional spinning, ...

Every time Liu Xianglan sits gracefully on the ground with her back straight, fastens a hand-loom around her waist, and begins to weave, a steady stream of questions flows from the curious visitors to ...

In Little Loom Weaving (Ulysses Press, 2017) by Andreia Gomes, she utilizes her background as an interior designer to teach unique techniques on weaving for those just starting out and for those who ...

A STEP AHEAD: A group of women in the state has not only resurrected the once-dying art of traditional weaving, but has taken it to the next level, and promoted tourism centred on loin-loom ...

Inside her mudbrick home, Paula Fulton sits at one of only a few drawlooms that exist in the country. The 67-year-old is helping to keep the age-old craft of Damask weaving alive. "There might be five ...