Weaver Asmah Ismail, 64, demonstrating how to make a mengkuang mat. - Photo: Bernama
KUALA TERENGGANU: At one corner of the Kraftangan Malaysia booth at the Terengganu Madani Rakyat programme (PMR), an elderly woman could be seen diligently weaving coloured strips of mengkuang leaves into a mat, strand by strand.
Though her face and hands are etched with the lines of age, her vision remains sharp, and her fingers deftly weave intricate patterns into the mengkuang mat, a piece of heritage and tradition that is slowly fading into obscurity.
