I built a simple loom to weave long grass mats for use as portable roofing material. Laying two layers of mats on a quick ...

Grass was then passed between the warp and weft strings as a crossbar was lifted and dropped. Th mat was then tied off at the ends when finished and could be rolled up and carried away. Two 2.5 m mats ...

GANGHWA ISLAND — The landscape of Ganghwa Island, just west of Seoul, has changed from one filled with traditional houses that once vigorously produced sedge crafts to one filled with posh summer ...

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 ...

KODIAK, ALASKA—According to a report in Alaska Native News, ancient fragments of woven grass have been recovered on Kodiak Island, which is located off Alaska’s southern coast. “We were excavating a ...

The narrow ghat road after Killimangalam UP School at Chelakkara in Thrissur leads to a small handicraft unit, where eight women painstakingly work on their handlooms, weaving wild grass into ...

Swazi grass mats have been an integral part of Southern African culture for centuries. Traditionally, these mats were used ...