MYANMAR’S first weaving school, Saunder, is celebrating
its 90th anniversary next month.
The school was established in 1914 at Amarapura in Mandalay
Division and it has trained many people who have become prominent
weavers, said Daw Tin Swe Aye, the director of the Department
of Cottage Industries, under the Ministry of Cooperatives.
To celebrate the August 6 anniversary, a museum and art gallery
will be officially opened in the Saunder’s compound on the
Mandalay-Sagaing Highway.
The museum will display antique traditional and royal costumes
and native folk art. There will be also be a photo exhibition
of the history of the weaving school.
The art gallery will show and sell traditional native costumes
and craft work.
There will also be demonstrations using looms so that visitors
will also have a chance to see traditional weaving processes,
said Daw Tin Swe Aye.
