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2. Marriage and wedding customs in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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   Apart from silk, popular materials used to make the wedding cord are strings of flowers, links of coins, or a chain designed like a long, double rosary. Bible [ edit ] Catholic and Protestant weddings include entrusting to the couple a copy of the Bible.

3. Lotus silk - Wikipedia

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   Lotus silk. The flower and stem of the species ( Nelumbo nucifera) used in lotus silk. Lotus silk ( Burmese: ပိုးကြာချည် or Burmese: ကြာချည်, lit. 'lotus thread') is a type of textile produced using delicate lotus stem fibers. The fabric first originated in Myanmar (Burma), and is now also woven by smaller ...

4. Silk in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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   Silk brocades, texturally, are divided mainly into two groups: Kimkhwab; Pot-thans; Kimkhwab (brocade) Kimkhwab was originally an elegant, heavy silk fabric with a floral or figured pattern known most for its butis and jals woven with silk as the warp and tilla as the weft, produced in China and Japan. Tilla in the earlier times was known as kasab.

5. Ikat - Wikipedia

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   Ikat (literally "to bind" in Indonesian languages) is a dyeing technique from Indonesia used to pattern textiles that employs resist dyeing on the yarns prior to dyeing and weaving the fabric. The term is also used to refer to related and unrelated traditions in other cultures. In Southeast Asia, where it is the most widespread, ikat weaving ...

6. History of silk - Wikipedia

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   Silk was a common offering by the emperor to these tribes in exchange for peace. Silk is described in a chapter of the Fan Shengzhi shu from the Western Han period (206 BC–9 AD), and a surviving calendar for silk production in an Eastern Han (25–220 AD) document. The two other known works on silk from the Han period are lost.

7. Shinto wedding - Wikipedia

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   Shinto wedding. Shinto weddings, Shinzen kekkon (神前結婚, "Marriage before the kami"), began in Japan during the early 20th century, popularized after the marriage of Crown Prince Yoshihito and his bride, Princess Kujo Sadako. The ceremony relies heavily on Shinto themes of purification, and involves ceremonial sake drinking of three cups ...