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2. Pidan (textile) - Wikipedia

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   19th century silk pidan. A pidan is a type of silk cloth used in Cambodian and Khmer weddings, funerals, and Buddhist ceremonies as a canopy or tapestry. Pidan are often decorated with images of wats, nāgas, apsaras, scenes from the life of Buddha, Angkor Wat, animals (especially elephants), and plants. [1]

3. Sampot - Wikipedia

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   The sampot dates back to the Funan era when a Cambodian king ordered the people of his kingdom to wear the sampot at the request of Chinese envoys. [4] It is similar to the lungi and dhoti worn in the Indian subcontinent, the longyi worn in Burma, and the sarong worn in maritime Southeast Asia. Silk weaving was an important part of Cambodia's ...

4. Khmer traditional clothing - Wikipedia

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   Spanish Dominican priest Gabriel Quiroga de San Antonio documented 16th-century Cambodian customs, namely Khmer clothing, in his work A Brief and Truthful Relation of Events in the Kingdom of Cambodia: [24] "The nobles dress themselves in extraordinarily fine silk and cotton, while the common folk dress in coarse cotton and fustian."

5. Jo-Ann Stores - Wikipedia

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   Jo-Ann Stores, LLC, more commonly known as Jo-Ann (stylized as JOANN), is an American fabric and crafts retail company based in Hudson, Ohio. It operates the retail chains JOANN Fabrics and Crafts and Jo-Ann Etc. As of March 2020, Joann has 865 stores in 49 states. Joann was privately owned by Leonard Green & Partners before going public in ...

6. Artisans Angkor - Wikipedia

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   A Cambodian woman weaving silk threads in the very traditional way. Artisans Angkor is known as one of the finest silk producers in Cambodia. [6] The company has 23 silk workshops in the Siem Reap province. One site only is open to the public: the Angkor Silk Farm [7] in Puok district (about 20-minute drive from the centre of Siem Reap ...

7. Cambodian art - Wikipedia

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   A 19th century silk pidan A Cambodian woman weaving silk near Siem Reap, 2011. Silk weaving in Cambodia has a long history. The practice dates to as early as the late 13th century. According to Zhou Daguan's record, "None of the locals produces silk. Nor do the women know how to stitch and darn with a needle and thread.