Making of sesat, a large colourful circular fan mounted to a long decorated wooden pole used as a ceremonial sun-shade, is a unique craft in Sri Lanka. The Sinhala word sesat (singular -sesata) has derived from the Sanskrit shveta-chatra,...

Yan li phao baskets are a type of basketry woven with yan li phao, a group of plants in the lygodium (climbing fern) genus (Southern people call a vine “yan” in their vernacular). With a sturdy culm (plant stem),...

Lurik originated from the village of Java. In the beginning, lurik made in a sheet of clothes that functioned as kemben (a fabric that only wrap women torso), stagen (belt from fabric), and as a container for carrying a...