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 ...

During our recent trip to Southern Palawan, we were thrilled to learn about the rich heritage of an Indigenous group from Tawi-Tawi, who introduced the exquisite craft of Jama Mapun mat weaving to the ...

DULUTH -- In September, the entire tribal council for the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa gathered on a dock jutting into the lake to welcome a rare, fragile and culturally significant ...

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 ...

the artisans are still doing the job inherited from their forefathers and the floor mat made with the bark from a variety of trees known as paitra is widely used in bedrooms. Nobody knows when ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Weavers of the Jama Mapun (literally 'people of Mapun') from Tawi-Tawi may not realize it, but they may be ...

There was a time people in Phu Tan Village, in central Phu Yen Province, thought sedge mat weaving, the region’s traditional craft, was going to die out. The old production method was labour intensive ...

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, ...

GRAND PORTAGE — In September, the entire tribal council for the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa gathered on a dock jutting into the lake to welcome a rare, fragile and culturally ...