Because of the efforts a group of local volunteers partnering with St. Dominic's Hospital, plastic grocery, shopping and dry cleaning bags are being given a new life, repurposed into weatherproof ...

Agribusiness consultant and development advocate, Klutse Kudomor, has called for strategic interventions to develop the local mat weaving industry in South Tongu in the Volta region. In an interview, ...

“Paglara” is a Filipino term which means to weave and weaving has always been an integral part of Filipino culture and livelihood. That is why last Saturday, May 25, the National Commission for ...

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.

Nestled in the scenic South Tongu District of the Volta Region lies Aglokpovia, a community where the art of mat weaving has thrived for generations. This craft, predominantly upheld by the women of ...

For Jhalakathi's Patigar community, weaving soft and cool shitalpati mats from stalks of the murta, a reed-like plant locally called paitara, is far more than a job: it's an ancient heritage.

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 ...

Virtually decimated by factors such as severe labour shortage, steep hike in prices of raw materials and a declining market for mats, Ayyampalayam is no longer the ‘korai pai’ weaving hub it once was.