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World Vyshyvanka Day celebrated in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - MAY 16, 2024 - A woman embroiders during the World Vyshyvanka Day celebration on Festyvalna Square, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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CHINA-GUANGXI-EMBROIDERED BALL (CN)

(230804) -- JINGXI, Aug. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A female embroidery worker embroiders in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Embroidered balls used to be tokens of love between men and women, but now they have become popular souvenirs and sachets. With a long history of making embroidered balls, Jingxi City is regarded as home to embroidered balls. For the locals in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, embroidered balls not only represent ancient handicraft, but also serve as a means to increase income as about 500,000 embroidered balls are made here annually. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-EMBROIDERED BALL (CN)

(230804) -- JINGXI, Aug. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A machine embroiders at the workshop of intangible cultural heritage inheritor Wang Xiufen in Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Embroidered balls used to be tokens of love between men and women, but now they have become popular souvenirs and sachets. With a long history of making embroidered balls, Jingxi City is regarded as home to embroidered balls. For the locals in Jiuzhou Village of Jingxi City, embroidered balls not only represent ancient handicraft, but also serve as a means to increase income as about 500,000 embroidered balls are made here annually. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERER-ETHNIC INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (CN)

(230724) -- GUIYANG, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Pan Yuzhen, an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Miao embroidery of the Miao ethnic group, embroiders in Taijiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 30, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Miao embroiderer takes ethnic intangible heritage to world stage" (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-SHU EMBROIDERY (CN)

(230609) -- CHONGQING, June 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kang Ning embroiders at her workshop in Yuzhong District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 12, 2023. Kang, who is nearly 70 years old, is one of the two representative inheritors of Shu embroidery, a national intangible cultural heritage item in China. Kang began to learn the making skills of Shu embroidery when she started working at the age of 23. She has created her own technique which allows for sewing the embroidery of different shapes and colors on both sides simultaneously, with the content on each side remaining separate and undisturbed. Nowadays, Kang enrolls apprentices periodically and instructs them in making Shu embroidery artwork, hoping to pass on the craft. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-SHU EMBROIDERY (CN)

(230609) -- CHONGQING, June 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kang Ning embroiders at her workshop in Yuzhong District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 12, 2023. Kang, who is nearly 70 years old, is one of the two representative inheritors of Shu embroidery, a national intangible cultural heritage item in China. Kang began to learn the making skills of Shu embroidery when she started working at the age of 23. She has created her own technique which allows for sewing the embroidery of different shapes and colors on both sides simultaneously, with the content on each side remaining separate and undisturbed. Nowadays, Kang enrolls apprentices periodically and instructs them in making Shu embroidery artwork, hoping to pass on the craft. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-SHU EMBROIDERY (CN)

(230609) -- CHONGQING, June 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kang Ning embroiders at her workshop in Yuzhong District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 12, 2023. Kang, who is nearly 70 years old, is one of the two representative inheritors of Shu embroidery, a national intangible cultural heritage item in China. Kang began to learn the making skills of Shu embroidery when she started working at the age of 23. She has created her own technique which allows for sewing the embroidery of different shapes and colors on both sides simultaneously, with the content on each side remaining separate and undisturbed. Nowadays, Kang enrolls apprentices periodically and instructs them in making Shu embroidery artwork, hoping to pass on the craft. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-SHU EMBROIDERY (CN)

(230609) -- CHONGQING, June 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kang Ning embroiders at her workshop in Yuzhong District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 12, 2023. Kang, who is nearly 70 years old, is one of the two representative inheritors of Shu embroidery, a national intangible cultural heritage item in China. Kang began to learn the making skills of Shu embroidery when she started working at the age of 23. She has created her own technique which allows for sewing the embroidery of different shapes and colors on both sides simultaneously, with the content on each side remaining separate and undisturbed. Nowadays, Kang enrolls apprentices periodically and instructs them in making Shu embroidery artwork, hoping to pass on the craft. (Xinhua/Chu Jiayin)

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KYRGYZSTAN-BISHKEK-EMBROIDERY FESTIVAL

(230416) -- BISHKEK, April 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An artisan embroiders at an embroidery festival in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, April 15, 2023. An embroidery festival featuring Kyrgyz traditional embroideries was held here on Saturday. (Photo by Roman/Xinhua)

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KYRGYZSTAN-BISHKEK-EMBROIDERY FESTIVAL

(230416) -- BISHKEK, April 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An artisan embroiders at an embroidery festival in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, April 15, 2023. An embroidery festival featuring Kyrgyz traditional embroideries was held here on Saturday. (Photo by Roman/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-RURAL WOMEN-HANDICRAFT (CN)

(220826) -- GUIYANG, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman embroiders on a fan in Shanwangmiao Village of Qingyan Township in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 26, 2022. In recent years, local authorities of Guiyang have carried out a project to boost creative cultural products and help rural women increase their income. More than 2,000 local women have participated in the project, working on creative cultural products such as embroidery and batik. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-RURAL WOMEN-HANDICRAFT (CN)

(220826) -- GUIYANG, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman carrying her child in the arm embroiders on a fan in Shanwangmiao Village of Qingyan Township in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 26, 2022. In recent years, local authorities of Guiyang have carried out a project to boost creative cultural products and help rural women increase their income. More than 2,000 local women have participated in the project, working on creative cultural products such as embroidery and batik. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-RURAL WOMEN-HANDICRAFT (CN)

(220826) -- GUIYANG, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman embroiders on a fan in Shanwangmiao Village of Qingyan Township in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 26, 2022. In recent years, local authorities of Guiyang have carried out a project to boost creative cultural products and help rural women increase their income. More than 2,000 local women have participated in the project, working on creative cultural products such as embroidery and batik. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-KAILI-EMBROIDERER-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

(220131) -- KAILI, Jan. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Jan. 30, 2022 shows a relocation site in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Kaishao Village, embroiderer Yang Mei's hometown, used to be impoverished due to its poor soil and limited transport conditions. Lots of villagers here chose to work as immigrant workers in other places. In 2016, thanks to local poverty alleviation policies, Yang Mei's family got a chance to move to their new home at a relocation site in Kaili. With the help from skill training sessions and supportive funding from government, Yang started her own business by establishing a garment factory in 2018. The factory makes local ethnic clothing, work outfits and dancing clothes. Currently, the factory has employed about 100 relocated people. She also initiated an embroidery cooperative, aiming to help boost the incomes of those embroiders who h.....

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-KAILI-EMBROIDERER-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

(220131) -- KAILI, Jan. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yang Mei (R) pastes couplets at her home in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 30, 2022. Kaishao Village, embroiderer Yang Mei's hometown, used to be impoverished due to its poor soil and limited transport conditions. Lots of villagers here chose to work as immigrant workers in other places. In 2016, thanks to local poverty alleviation policies, Yang Mei's family got a chance to move to their new home at a relocation site in Kaili. With the help from skill training sessions and supportive funding from government, Yang started her own business by establishing a garment factory in 2018. The factory makes local ethnic clothing, work outfits and dancing clothes. Currently, the factory has employed about 100 relocated people. She also initiated an embroidery cooperative, aiming to help boost the incomes of those embroiders who have .....

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Preparations for funeral of Thai king

A woman embroiders a decoration for use in the funeral of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in a workshop in Nakhon Pathom Province, central Thailand, on May 26, 2017. The funeral is scheduled to be held for five days from October 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo