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	GIFT AND HAMPER ROYALE HOMEMADE COOKIES EXCLUSIVE SONGKET BOX EXCLUSIVE CRAFT BASKET TRAINING AND CLASSES	"Kain Songket" is a hand woven traditional Malay fabric with gold and silver threads and worn mainly during official functions and ceremonies. Woven on a Malay frame loom, elaborate patterns are created by introducing extra gold or silver weft threads with the use of a flat needle or cuban. The songket goes through eight stages before it becomes a piece of fabric and it is still traditional woven. Exclusive songket requires between one and three months to complete, while ordinary songket only takes about 3 days. Men wore the songket fashioned into a destar or head-cloth. It was only later that Malay women started wearing songket sarung in 'rollinh waves' style with a baju kurung top. Today songket is a popular choice for the Malay wedding costume and is often presented by the groom to the bride as one of the wedding gifts. In order to preserve the original lustre and quality of the songket, a large cowry shell known as genus is normally used to polish the cotton fabric or songket cloths before the telepuk process is initiated. Telepuk is another beautiful handicraft creation of the Malay society in the olden day. Composed of golden lace, this fabric is used specially for official functions. Mengkuang (Pandanus Odoratissimus), is a huge pandan-like plant that grows along the back mangroves and also found in the local jungles. The fruits can be eaten, and leaves may be used to weaving. Weaving used to be a leisurely pastime of coastal village women in the east coast states of peninsular Malaysia during the rainy months. Today, it is a thriving cottage industry. The tall, thorny leaves of the pandanus or mengkuang are collected, boiled, dyned and make into colourful gift boxes, mats, beach bags, hats, fans, purses, and slippers. Menkuang weaving usually practiced by womenfolk in the rural kampung areas. The process requires patience, skill and dedication. p The leaves after having stripped of its thorns, a first are split into long strands, soaked and dried in the sun. Once dried, it is boiled and dyed with vegetable colours. It is then woven according to the required designs. The design of motifs or kelarai is usually based on plant, flora and fauna and even animals.
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