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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. Obi (sash) - Wikipedia

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   Chūya obi typically have a dark, sparingly decorated underside and a more colourful, decorated topside; the underside is commonly plain black satin silk (shusu silk) with no decoration, though chūya obi with decoration on both sides do exist. Chūya obi are frequently not lined, making them relatively floppy, soft and easy to tie. They are ...

5. Velvet - Wikipedia

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   Weave details visible on a purple-colored velvet fabric. Velvet is a type of woven fabric with a dense, even pile [1] that gives it a distinctive soft feel. By extension, the word velvety means "smooth like velvet". Historically, velvet was typically made from silk.

6. 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.

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