The Qiang ethnic minority lives mainly in the counties of the Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan; Maowen Qiang Autonomous County is the largest area that is home to the Qiang. The Qiang have a profound history of over 3,000 years as ...
Tags: The Qiang Nationality, Language, Character, Belief, Crafts, Food
With a population of 709,592, the She people live primarily in the mountainous areas of Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces, and to a lesser extent in Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Anhui. They refer to themselves 'Shanha' where Shan means mountain and ...
Tags: The She Nationality, Language, Character, Crafts, Economy, Clothes
The Monba is an ethnic minority with a long history. Their name, 'Monba', pronounced 'Menba' in Chinese, derives from Tibetan and refers to the people living in Menyu in the lower reaches of the Yarlong Tsangpo River. The Monba now occupy ...
Tags: The Monba Nationality, Language, Belief, Clothes, Food, Crafts, Customs
About 180 companies from 14 countries are participating in the 12th Vietnam International Textile and Garment Industry Exhibition (VTG) being organized by Vinexad, along with three other associates from Hong Kong and Taiwan. ...
Tags: Vietnam, Firms, Vietnam Garment Expo
Albany International Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Albany International France S.A.S., has initiated discussions with the employee Works Council regarding a proposal to restructure operations at the Company’s Machine Clothing ...
Calling on the Government to take wise measures to re-adjust the energy prices,Bangladesh Textile Mills Association(BTMA)president Jahangir Alamin said abrupt rise in energy charges may badly impact the country's textile sectors,which is ...
Tags: BTMA, energy prices, textile sector, invest
The Jingpo ethnic minority (population about 132,000 according to the year 2000 census) lives mainly in the Dehong, Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefectures with some in the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, as well as in Myanmar. Their native ...
Tags: The Jingpo Nationality, Economy, Religion, Crafts, Clothes, Festivals
The Kirgiz ethnic minority is named after a word meaning forty girls. The Kirgiz have a population of 160,823 mostly distributed throughout the Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, Ili, Dacheng, Aksu, Kashgar, the southwest of Xinjiang Autonomous ...
Tags: The Kirgiz Nationality, Language, Food Culture, Crafts, Marriage Custom
Gaoshan ethnic minority has a population of about 0.4 million. Most of them live on Taiwan Island, but about 4,500 live in Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces in China. Language and Character: They have no written language. Their spoken ...
Tags: The Gaoshan Nationality, Religion, Crafts, Clothes, Food Culture, Festivals
In China, the Double Seventh Festival, or Ingenuity-begging Festival (the festival to plead for skills) falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. The festival originates from the legend of the loyal love between ...
Following the shortage of textile workers in India's biggest textile hub of Surat,most of the textile units have decided to give 10-15 percent wage hike to the workers. Mr.Arun Jariwala,Chairman of Federation of Indian Art Silk Weaving ...
Tags: shortage of textile workers, wage, Surat, laborers
Bed,bath and table linen supplier Richard Haworth has introduced an innovative non-shrink header to its Madison and Richmond towel ranges in a bid to improve the appearance of towels in hotels. Richard Haworth's new header bar will ensure ...
Tags: Richard Haworth, table linen, towels, non-shrink header
Bangladesh, counted among the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) of the world, has overtaken Pakistan in textile weaving capacity. During 2006-11, Bangladesh added 2.830 million spindles and 21,850 shuttleless looms in the textile ...
The Southern India Mills' Association (SIMA) recently held a meeting to update the textile mill owners of Tamil Nadu (TN) regarding the prospects of expanding in western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. SIMA Chairman S ...
Tags: SIMA, textile, cotton, Textile Policy
Everybody remembers only too well when the global financial system collapsed in 2008. The textile industry, and especially the textile machinery industry, was severely hit by these problems. Most of the machinery suppliers had deep ...
Tags: R9500 rapier weaving machine, ITMA, Free Positive Approach