Thursday, June 21, 2007

Songket textile

In order to explore and follow the production of songkets we went to Sidemen. Sidemen is a small town in central Bali which is surrounded by rice paddies and where a multitude of skilled women have been dedicated to the production of songkets since the 17th century, when the Balinese royal family of Klungklung moved to this new area.



read more | digg story

No comments: