Behind the Scenes Travel Articles

Guatemalan women create spectacular weaving and embroidery with colors, motifs and pattern arrangements characteristic of their communities. Stunning embroidery in myriad versions and degrees of complexity adorn their clothing, either in embellished bodices and necklines or decorative joining strips called randas…

Uzbekistan is famous for intricate embroidery. The word “suzani” means needlework, but the word is typically used for wall-hangings. Nowadays Uzbek women adorn jackets, pillow covers and purses with finely embroidered designs too…

Resist dyeing or ikat is known as mat-mi in Thailand and mud-mee in Laos and Cambodia. We’ll visit friends who do all the ikat steps from dyeing to binding the threads and weaving the beautiful cloth.
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The superb craftsmen behind the ancient Moroccan mosaic art of ZELLIJ are known as maallems (or Zellij artisans). They are expert masons, able to employ their painstakingly learnt wisdom and skill to design and create stunning tile work…

Tshechus are annual Buddhist festivals, large social gatherings that bond the participants, especially those living in remote areas. Every town has a specific date for…

According to the traditional beliefs of the Ga ethnic group in Ghana, one’s life carries on beyond death. The Kane Kwei workshop in Accra, Ghana, creates special handmade coffins that are believed to ensure a fulfilling afterlife…