Silk Weaving In Cambodia
by Donna Kennedy
Title
Silk Weaving In Cambodia
Artist
Donna Kennedy
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Photographed in Cambodia by my cousin Susan, edited in PS...
Cambodia has a long and rich history in silk production and weaving dating back more than a thousand years. Women across southern Cambodia have looms in their homes, and they practice the art passed down from their mothers and grandmothers. But now the ancient craft is slowly dying as the cost of imported raw silk continues to climb while the price of finished silk textiles drops.
Now, however, the Cambodian silk industry relies on China and Vietnam for most of its raw silk. The Khmer Rouge era decimated the mulberry tree population which are the exclusive foodstuffs of silkworms. Before the Khmer Rouge took power, Cambodia was producing an estimated 150,000 kilograms of silk per year. That number dropped to just 800 kilograms after years of political and civil unrest.
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January 8th, 2018
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Congratulations! Your fantastic art has been featured on the O IS FOR OCCUPATION themed week, APRIL 12, 2021- APRIL 19, 2021, where the subjects had to be very "near:" You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP.