Weaving songket from memory


Delicate art: Mok Su (left) with Hajar inspecting a songket fabric at their home workshop. — Bernama

KUALA TERENGGANU: Being blind has not stopped Gayah Awang, 54, from earning a livelihood weaving traditional songket.

Though it has not been easy to memorise the layout of the threads and maintain the songket pattern, the single mother of four is determined to continue the tedious process with her sense of touch.

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