Sri Lanka Design Festival 2012 (SLDF) invites hoteliers, architects and interior designers to attend a preview of products designed and developed for the hotel industry using craft at an exhibition presented in partnership with Sri Lanka ...
Tags: hotel textile products, craft products, textile industry
With most of the cost of electricity for wind tied up in the initial capital investments made in the wind turbines themselves, GE says new technology advancements that reduce these costs could substantially lower the overall cost of wind ...
Tags: Wind Blades, blade design, Renewable Energy
In occasion of Savio symposium held on 2012 Sept. 7th at Dindigul/TN, South India, Savio management officially handed over its 1,000th Polar winder supplied in India to M/S Palmar Mills. Mr. Gabriele Checchini, Savio India’s CEO, and ...
In line with the previously outlined forecast, the Picanol Group realized a consolidated turnover of 116.72 million in the third quarter of 2012, which represents an increase in turnover of 19% compared to 97.88 million euros in the same ...
Tags: new weaving machines, Picanol weaving machines, weaving machines
Two years after opening its first store in Shanghai, Chinese contemporary craftsmanship brand Shangxia opened its second global boutique in Beijing. Designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the Beijing store pays homage to the ...
The curtain falls on this great anniversary session of Texworld and the third session of apparelsourcing Paris, which has asserted its relevance! Fifteen years serving the fashion sector, a preeminent exhibition for the entire ...
HIGH POINT — Showtime will host 19 exhibitors from China, Taiwan and India in its International Pavilions during the fabric show here Dec. 2-5, according to organizers. The International Pavilions, which debuted at Showtime in June, ...
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The Beginning of Autumn is one of the twenty-four solar terms in traditional Chinese calendar.It comes sometime around the 11th day of the seventh mouth of the lunar calendar,or the eighth of August of the solar calendar.This solar term ...
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ROCHESTER, N.H. - November 21, 2012 - Albany International Corp. (NYSE:AIN) announced today that its subsidiary, Albany International France S.A.S., has initiated discussions with the employee Works Council regarding a proposal to ...
Tags: Clothing production facilities, Clothing market, Clothing Machine
Chinese folk art reflects the long history of popular customs and traditions in Chinese culture.Deeply rooted in agriculture,people's daily life and rituals are inevitably connected with nature,the surrounding landscape,and the various ...
Tags: hidden meanings, folk art, customs, traditions
Development of Chinese Embroidery Embroidery is a brilliant pearl in Chinese art. From the magnificent Dragon Robe worn by Emperors to the popular embroidery seen in today's fashions, embroidery adds so much pleasure to our life and our ...
A Thangka is a painted or embroidered banner which was hung in a monastery or a family altar and carried by lamas in ceremonial processions. In Tibetan the word 'than' means flat and the suffix 'ka' stands for painting. The Thangka is thus ...
With a population of 17,935, the Deang ethnic minority lives exclusively in Yunnan Province and primarily in Luxi and Zhenkang Counties, along with Dai, Jingpo, and Wa ethnic minorities. Language: Their language is a branch of Mon-Khmer ...
Tags: The Deang Nationality, Language, Crafts, Religion, Food, Festivals
In Chinese, 'Yugur' means 'wealth and solidity'. With a population of 13,719 as at the 2000 census, approximately 90 percent of the Yugur people live in the four areas of Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, and the rest in the Yugur village of ...
Tags: The Yugur Nationality, Language, Character, Religion, Crafts, Food, Clothes
Since the Stone Age the Bouyei ethnic minority have inhabited what is now Guizhou Province. Their main living areas are now Bouyei and the Miao's Autonomous Prefecture, Anshun and Guiyang City. This is a relatively large group with the ...
Tags: The Bouyei Nationality, Language, Belief, Crafts, Food, Festivals