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.

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 ...

THEY ARE NOT dream weavers, but residents of two islands hundreds of kilometers apart, weave sleeping mats on which people may experience wonderful dreams. This is because the islands—Anda in ...

COOS BAY — A Cedar, Sweet Grass and a Tule Mat weaving class will be held this month at Coos History Museum. Both workshops will take place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and taught be Stephanie Craig, owner of ...

I studied fine art at the Durban University of Technology and recently received my Postgraduate qualification. I have been practising as an artist and curator since my first year of studies at DUT. I ...

Trichy: The traditional korai mat (reed grass mat) producers in Musiri are in for a revival as they will soon get the state’s first micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) cluster for korai mat ...

Weaving or "paglalara" is an old tradition in the town of Basey in Western Samar. The town is known for its one-of-a-kind "tikog" handicrafts. Tikog is a reed plant that grows around rice fields. Its ...

File photo of the cultural relics unearthed from the Tianluoshan site. [Photo/chinanews.com] Sleeping on a cool grass mat to evade the summer heat was a pleasure understood by Chinese people 7,000 ...

Ngot Bi, is 91 years old and is one of the most revered senior citizens in Kampung Semera Ulu Sadong Jaya, Asa Jaya, Sarawak where she lives. She is among the few remaining traditional mat weavers in ...