Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Khmer traditional clothes
The intricately patterned ikat silks (silks that whose threads are
tie-dyed before being woven) created by the Khmer and Cham ethnic groups
may come to mind when thinking of Cambodian textiles, but the peoples
of Cambodia have produced many other cotton and silk textiles. Khmer
traditional clothes 2011 Cambodians traditionally considered both
domestic and imported textiles to be markers of identity, prestige, and
wealth, and quantity and quality of textiles possessed byan individual
or family contributed to their status within society.
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