Traditional weaving

NCCA ICH video production crew shoots the hanging of freshly dyed cotton threads to be used in weaving of textiles in the village of Amganad in the municipality Banaue, province of Ifugao, northern Luzon Island in the Philippines.

NCCA ICH video production crew shoots the cooking of vegetable dyes in the village of Amganad in the municipality Banaue, province of Ifugao, northern Luzon Island in the Philippines.

Cotton threads, tied at certain portions in the ikat technique, are soaked in natural dyes, which will be then soaked in mud. They will be woven into traditional textiles in the village of Amganad in the municipality Banaue, province of Ifugao, located in the Cordillera region of northern Luzon Island in the Philippines.

Kishuthara (the silken kira), is a native intricate patterned silk textile woven on Thakshing (backstrap loom). particularly Khoma Gewog (block) under Lhuentse Dzongkhag (district) where it become the production hotspot of the Bhutanese woven textile in the country.

Kishuthara (the silken kira), is a native intricate patterned silk textile woven on Thakshing (backstrap loom). particularly Khoma Gewog (block) under Lhuentse Dzongkhag (district) where it become the production hotspot of the Bhutanese woven textile in the country.

The nomination "Margilan Crafts Development Centre, safeguarding of Atlas and Adras making traditional technologies" has been selected as a programme project and activities best reflecting the principles and objectives of the Convention in 2017. Margilan Crafts Development Centre was established to preserve the disappearance of artisan schools and transmit the tradition of adras and atlas making, at the newly restored — Sayyid Ahmad Huja Medressah in Margilan in 2007. The Following masters represent the Margilan Crafts Development Centre: Rasuljon Mirzaakhmedov and Rakhimjon Mirzaakhmedov (both represent 9th generation of craftsmen), Alisher Akhmadaliev and Makhmudjon Tursunov (both represent 3rd generation of craftsmen), Sherzodjon Goziyev (2nd generation of craftsmen).The Centre is aimed at teaching the handicrafts (the arts of silk and wool carpets weaving, ikat weaving, block printing and embroidery) and revival of traditions of individual masters and their workshops.Master of the Center contributed to revitalization of different aspects of ancient ikat making and natural dyeing as well as other textile schools. Among them it is possible to mention the old design of Bukhara silk-velvet ikat “A’lo Bakhmal”, for which Mr. Rasuljon Mirzaakhmedov was awarded UNESCO’s “A Seal of Excellence” (2005).

The nomination "Margilan Crafts Development Centre, safeguarding of Atlas and Adras making traditional technologies" has been selected as a programme project and activities best reflecting the principles and objectives of the Convention in 2017. Margilan Crafts Development Centre was established to preserve the disappearance of artisan schools and transmit the tradition of adras and atlas making, at the newly restored — Sayyid Ahmad Huja Medressah in Margilan in 2007. The Following masters represent the Margilan Crafts Development Centre: Rasuljon Mirzaakhmedov and Rakhimjon Mirzaakhmedov (both represent 9th generation of craftsmen), Alisher Akhmadaliev and Makhmudjon Tursunov (both represent 3rd generation of craftsmen), Sherzodjon Goziyev (2nd generation of craftsmen).The Centre is aimed at teaching the handicrafts (the arts of silk and wool carpets weaving, ikat weaving, block printing and embroidery) and revival of traditions of individual masters and their workshops.Master of the Center contributed to revitalization of different aspects of ancient ikat making and natural dyeing as well as other textile schools. Among them it is possible to mention the old design of Bukhara silk-velvet ikat “A’lo Bakhmal”, for which Mr. Rasuljon Mirzaakhmedov was awarded UNESCO’s “A Seal of Excellence” (2005).

The nomination "Margilan Crafts Development Centre, safeguarding of Atlas and Adras making traditional technologies" has been selected as a programme project and activities best reflecting the principles and objectives of the Convention in 2017. Margilan Crafts Development Centre was established to preserve the disappearance of artisan schools and transmit the tradition of adras and atlas making, at the newly restored — Sayyid Ahmad Huja Medressah in Margilan in 2007. The Following masters represent the Margilan Crafts Development Centre: Rasuljon Mirzaakhmedov and Rakhimjon Mirzaakhmedov (both represent 9th generation of craftsmen), Alisher Akhmadaliev and Makhmudjon Tursunov (both represent 3rd generation of craftsmen), Sherzodjon Goziyev (2nd generation of craftsmen).The Centre is aimed at teaching the handicrafts (the arts of silk and wool carpets weaving, ikat weaving, block printing and embroidery) and revival of traditions of individual masters and their workshops.Master of the Center contributed to revitalization of different aspects of ancient ikat making and natural dyeing as well as other textile schools. Among them it is possible to mention the old design of Bukhara silk-velvet ikat “A’lo Bakhmal”, for which Mr. Rasuljon Mirzaakhmedov was awarded UNESCO’s “A Seal of Excellence” (2005).

The nomination "Margilan Crafts Development Centre, safeguarding of Atlas and Adras making traditional technologies" has been selected as a programme project and activities best reflecting the principles and objectives of the Convention in 2017. Margilan Crafts Development Centre was established to preserve the disappearance of artisan schools and transmit the tradition of adras and atlas making, at the newly restored — Sayyid Ahmad Huja Medressah in Margilan in 2007. The Following masters represent the Margilan Crafts Development Centre: Rasuljon Mirzaakhmedov and Rakhimjon Mirzaakhmedov (both represent 9th generation of craftsmen), Alisher Akhmadaliev and Makhmudjon Tursunov (both represent 3rd generation of craftsmen), Sherzodjon Goziyev (2nd generation of craftsmen).The Centre is aimed at teaching the handicrafts (the arts of silk and wool carpets weaving, ikat weaving, block printing and embroidery) and revival of traditions of individual masters and their workshops.Master of the Center contributed to revitalization of different aspects of ancient ikat making and natural dyeing as well as other textile schools. Among them it is possible to mention the old design of Bukhara silk-velvet ikat “A’lo Bakhmal”, for which Mr. Rasuljon Mirzaakhmedov was awarded UNESCO’s “A Seal of Excellence” (2005).

The nomination "Margilan Crafts Development Centre, safeguarding of Atlas and Adras making traditional technologies" has been selected as a programme project and activities best reflecting the principles and objectives of the Convention in 2017. Margilan Crafts Development Centre was established to preserve the disappearance of artisan schools and transmit the tradition of adras and atlas making, at the newly restored — Sayyid Ahmad Huja Medressah in Margilan in 2007. The Following masters represent the Margilan Crafts Development Centre: Rasuljon Mirzaakhmedov and Rakhimjon Mirzaakhmedov (both represent 9th generation of craftsmen), Alisher Akhmadaliev and Makhmudjon Tursunov (both represent 3rd generation of craftsmen), Sherzodjon Goziyev (2nd generation of craftsmen).The Centre is aimed at teaching the handicrafts (the arts of silk and wool carpets weaving, ikat weaving, block printing and embroidery) and revival of traditions of individual masters and their workshops.Master of the Center contributed to revitalization of different aspects of ancient ikat making and natural dyeing as well as other textile schools. Among them it is possible to mention the old design of Bukhara silk-velvet ikat “A’lo Bakhmal”, for which Mr. Rasuljon Mirzaakhmedov was awarded UNESCO’s “A Seal of Excellence” (2005).

The nomination "Margilan Crafts Development Centre, safeguarding of Atlas and Adras making traditional technologies" has been selected as a programme project and activities best reflecting the principles and objectives of the Convention in 2017. Margilan Crafts Development Centre was established to preserve the disappearance of artisan schools and transmit the tradition of adras and atlas making, at the newly restored — Sayyid Ahmad Huja Medressah in Margilan in 2007. The Following masters represent the Margilan Crafts Development Centre: Rasuljon Mirzaakhmedov and Rakhimjon Mirzaakhmedov (both represent 9th generation of craftsmen), Alisher Akhmadaliev and Makhmudjon Tursunov (both represent 3rd generation of craftsmen), Sherzodjon Goziyev (2nd generation of craftsmen).The Centre is aimed at teaching the handicrafts (the arts of silk and wool carpets weaving, ikat weaving, block printing and embroidery) and revival of traditions of individual masters and their workshops.Master of the Center contributed to revitalization of different aspects of ancient ikat making and natural dyeing as well as other textile schools. Among them it is possible to mention the old design of Bukhara silk-velvet ikat “A’lo Bakhmal”, for which Mr. Rasuljon Mirzaakhmedov was awarded UNESCO’s “A Seal of Excellence” (2005).