GANGHWA ISLAND — The landscape of Ganghwa Island, just west of Seoul, has changed from one filled with traditional houses that once vigorously produced sedge crafts to one filled with posh summer ...

Mat weaving or as in the Persian language “Hasirbafi”, which traces back a thousand years ago, is a kind of handicraft that is created differently in each region and by using various kinds of leaves.

Agribusiness consultant and development advocate, Klutse Kudomor, has called for strategic interventions to develop the local mat weaving industry in South Tongu in the Volta region. In an interview, ...

VietNamNet Bridge – Seen from afar, a section of Road 867 across Long Dinh Commune the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang resembles a colorful work of art, rather a painting. VietNamNet Bridge – Seen ...

“Paglara” is a Filipino term which means to weave and weaving has always been an integral part of Filipino culture and livelihood. That is why last Saturday, May 25, the National Commission for ...

For well over a century the people of Subidpur village in Pirojpur's Kawkhali upazila have been producing naturally cool shitalpati mats woven from the reed-like murta plant locally called paitara.

These days in Hoi An, foreign visitors are delighting in hands-on experiences of carpentry and mat weaving at Kim Bong, a craft village with a history spanning more than 500 years.

For Jhalakathi's Patigar community, weaving soft and cool shitalpati mats from stalks of the murta, a reed-like plant locally called paitara, is far more than a job: it's an ancient heritage.