The patterns, colours and technique of traditional Vietnamese mat weaving are on display in an online exhibition through the artworks of Pham Hong Linh. Due to the ...

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 ...

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.

The oldest piece of Hasir in Iran belongs to the Shahdad region of Kerman province. Mat weaving, which is wearing thin reeds through cotton yarns, has not changed from ancient Egypt until today.

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.

KULIM, Feb 14 -- Mengkuang or screwpine mat weaving used to be a leisurely pastime of womenfolks in the east coast states. Though the mats, a must-have in most Malay homes, have been replaced with ...

The Zikhali family have always made traditional mats, but hope their youngest daughter will have other options Sibonga Zikhali sits on the floor of her rondavel in KwaNibela, northern KwaZulu-Natal, ...