Textiles
While also one of the arts of zorig chusum, Bhutanese textiles comprise one of the most dazzling artistic traditions practiced throughout the Kingdom but only rarely seen outside.
Each region of Bhutan has its own special textile styles, which vary according to type of loom, fibers used, colors and dyes derived from natural vegetable or mineral pigments, and complex weaving and stitching techniques and designs. Patterns have symbolic meanings, and even a small fabric may take many months to weave. All aspects of the textile making (from making and dyeing thread with natural pigments through the diversity of weaving techniques) will be presented by some of Bhutan's finest textile weavers on the National Mall during the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
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