Kota Doria, also known as Kota Doriya or Kota Silk, is a unique and exquisite fabric known for its lightness, transparency, and intricate check patterns. Originating from Kota, Rajasthan, this fabric ...

Nestled next to the green fields along the banks of the Red River, Nha Xá silk cloth weaving village in Duy Tiên District of Hà Nam Province has a history of more than 700 years and the ancient craft ...

Brocade weaving is a typical cultural feature of the Thai ethnic community. The Thai in Hoa Tien hamlet, Chau Tien commune, ...

Once a dominant strand of the country's fashion industry, Thai silk has slowly slipped behind modern fabrics, and the beautiful art of traditional weaving is dying. Fearing the craft and the material ...

The quaint green village of Athimalaipattu, 14 km from Arani in Tamil Nadu, wakes up before sunrise. By dawn, the roads are alive with colour: long rows of silk threads stretched carefully from end to ...

From the delicate harvesting of lotus stems to the intricate 14-step process of creating a lotus silk scarf, artisan Phan Thị Thuận shares her passion and perseverance in preserving this special art.

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnamese weaver Phan Thi Thuan hitches up her trousers as she wades into a lotus paddy to gather the stems needed to make a rare and highly sought-after thread. Her great-aunt ...