MANILA, Philippines — If in food we have fast foods, such as burgers, hotdogs, fries and soda, threatening the very existence of slow food (or traditional dishes cooked the long and arduous way), in ...

From the little-known Mubarakpur weave to malkha and mashroo, the market for handlooms is seeing a huge upswing. Jain gives the traditional saris a smart twist with contemporary colours and designs.

Weaving with the use of the traditional loin loom is a skill and occupation that is passed down generations among women in tribal communities in the North-East of the country. Even as women are ...

This article by Aishwarya Baidar was first published in The Record (Nepal); an edited version is republished below as part of a content-sharing agreement with Global Voices. Shaded from the scorching ...

Minna — Tatiko village is among the few northern communities which have preserved the art of traditional weaving through the use of looms for the production of textile materials, that are mainly used ...

With the idea of reviving the traditional handloom weaving, Gunjan Aggarwal and Bejoy Veer Suri co-founded Goulian Finch, an online start-up that deals in handwoven mulberry silk and offers offbeat ...

For more than 700 years, weavers in Nanjing, capital city of east China's Jiangsu Province, have been making brocades in an unique way. On the reverse side of brocades they apply golden threads and ...

CHENNAI: With the idea of reviving the traditional handloom weaving, Gunjan Aggarwal and Bejoy Veer Suri co-founded Goulian Finch, an online start-up that deals in handwoven mulberry silk. They offer ...

Around six months ago when designer Sreejith Jeevan of Rouka visited Handloom Weaving Co-operative Society number 648 in Cherai he was testing the waters. The collection of 16 saris is now ready, and ...