"Arkhar Ma Lay" Akhar Traditional Comstume Production
Step by Step Production Process
The basic costume of an Akha woman consists of a headdress, a jacket, a short skirt, a sash with decorated ends and ornate leggings. The clothes are spun by hand, weaved together, and dyed indigo by the Akha women. The back and the sleeves of the jacket are embellished with embroidery, satin stitches of bright colours, seeds, silver buttons, coins, beads, shells or tassels depending on the sub-group of Akha.
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The first step to getting a traditional cotton fabric is to have a raw linen fabric. |  |
In the second step, they have to design and set a custom pattern on the raw cotton using different colors of cotton |  |
In the third step, the design is hand-embroidered by each individual depending on the specific design using different colors of thread. |
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In the end, you will get a beautiful and neat traditional cotton fabric |