This document provides an overview of traditional arts, fabrics, and textiles from Southeast Asian countries. It describes specific textile arts from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. Traditional Thai silk production and Cambodian natural dye methods are outlined. The main textile techniques discussed are batik fabric from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei and ikat and twill weaving styles from Cambodia. A variety of traditional garments, fabrics, and textile arts from each Southeast Asian country are presented.

1. SOUTH EAST ASIAN ARTS
ATTIRE, FABRICS
AND TAPESTRIES

2. SOUTHEAST
ASIA

3. ACTIVITY 1: FIND ME
Match the picture with
its country of origin:

4. a. Philippine
s
b. Brunei
c. Malaysia
d. Indonesia
e. Singapor
e
f. Vietnam

5. a. Philippine
s
b. Brunei
c. Malaysia
d. Indonesia
e. Singapor
e
f. Vietnam
B FA
EDC

6. THAILAND FABRICS
Thai silk -is produced from the
cocoons of silkworms.
Khorat - which is the center of the silk
industry in Thailand.
 Thai silk making is considered to
be one of the finest arts in the world.

7. ATTIRE
THAI TRADITIONAL WEDDING DRESS

9. CAMBODIA
Silk weaving in Cambodia dates to as
early as the first century since textiles
were used for trading.

10. CAMBODIAN TEXTILES NATURAL
DYES:
• a. insect nests - Red dye
• b. indigo - Blue dye
• c. prohut bark- Yellow and Green dye
• d. ebony bark- Black dye
Cambodian silk-weaving- served as
work for rural women
Krama- the traditional check scarves

11. LAOS
Sihn—the Lao women’s ankle-long
skirt whose form is undeniable and
patterns are unique to each skirt.

12. TWO MAIN TYPES OF CAMBODIAN
WEAVING
1. ikat technique (Khmer term: chongkiet) - To
create patterns, weavers tie and dye portions
of weft yarn before weaving begins.
2. uneven twill - single or two-color fabrics,
which are produced by weaving three
threads so that the "color of one thread
dominates on one side of the fabric, while the
two others determine the color on the reverse
side."

13. VIETNAM
 Golden Thread Silks –were born in Vietnam.
 Ha Dong- the center of weaving and
sericulture (silk worm production) for
centuries.
Some popular Vietnamese fabric ranges are:
1. Shantung taffeta
2. Bengaline weave
3. Ebony satin - an all natural lustrous silk
hand-woven in southern Vietnam and
naturally dyed using ebony fruit pods.

14. VIETNAMESE WEDDING SUITS

15. INDONESIA, MALAYSIA&
SINGAPORE
 The fabric most common to both countries
is the Batik.
 The term “batik” is an Indonesian Malay
word,
• Believed to be related to the Malay word
“titik”, whichmeans‘point’,‘dot’or‘drop’.
• There are two categories of batik designs:
• 1. geometric motifs
• 2. free form designs

16. MALAYSIA’S TWO MAIN TYPES OF
BATIK
1. Hand painted- the artist uses the
canting, a small copper container with
one or more different-sized pipes
2. Block printed- done by welding
together strips of metal to form a metal
block.

18. BRUNEI
• Brunei's traditional textile is also
called batik, but the designs have
their national flower simpur,
sumboi-sumboi (pitcher plant), and
Brunei's traditional design of air
muleh.

19. PAPER BATIK