At the age of 82 the mild spoken Sarat Mala Chakma is still able to carry a sweet smile on her face and still retain the marvellous dexterity in weaving on the Chakma waist-loom. National Crafts ...

Up in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), 25-year-old weaver Sonabi Chakma of Rangapani village starts her long day as the sun rises over her five-acre pineapple field. There, she works for two hours ...

In the late afternoon, the sun seemed to drift hastily towards the Phuromon hill in the west. The krishnachura leaves whispered softly in the breeze while the birds' chirping spread a melodic ...

Liu Xianglan, a national representative inheritor of the traditional brocade artisanship of the Li ethnic group in Wuzhishan city, South China's Hainan province, demonstrated traditional spinning, ...

Every time Liu Xianglan sits gracefully on the ground with her back straight, fastens a hand-loom around her waist, and begins to weave, a steady stream of questions flows from the curious visitors to ...