TIGANESTI, Romania From the sanctity of a 19th-century convent, Romanian nuns weave vivid, Byzantine cloth for Orthodox priests. Now word of the sumptuous silk has reached fashion designers — and soon ...

Khamson Srathong, 78, sits comfortably in front of a weaving loom under her raised-floor house in Ban Phon village in Kalasin's Kham Muang district. Despite her old age, her hands move synchronously ...

Kente cloth, the vibrant woven fabric originating from Ghana, the country taking steps to protect its authentic tradition.

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Arob Rueangsung, 59, always has a smile on her face when she welcomes visitors to Na Muen Si village in Trang. Two decades ago, Arob led a group of housewives in this southern province to search for ...

For Assam-based weaver Hemprabha, her nine months were spent doing something unusual. Weaving 500 verses of Bhagavad Geeta in Sanskrit and a chapter in English was a task she called upon herself.