Songket, long associated with formal Malay ceremonies, is getting a glamorous makeover.
I HAD driven through a bewildering maze of sandy alleys, dodging leaning fences and potted plants, to find some weavers of songket, a traditional “royal fabric” with metallic thread patterns, long used by the Malays for grand occasions. There in Kampung Pasir Panjang, Kuala Terengganu (KT), songket is being woven amidst the stilts beneath humble wooden houses.
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