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Traditional Vietnamese folktales come to life through the vibrant designs on Folksight’s silk scarves. Using Vietnamese silk as a canvas, the designers aim to illustrate the tales of their forefathers with detailed and eye-catching prints and colours. In Vietnamese culture, the dragon represents the emperor but a phoenix is used to represent the empress. Folklore describe the phoenix as having the neck of a snake, the breast of a swallow, the back of a tortoise, and the tail of a fish. According to myths, the phoenix burnt its nest and days later rose again from the ashes. Therefore, it symbolises rebirth, regeneration and survival.
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Using locally-produced silk as a canvas, Mai and Linh (the lovely sisters behind this Hanoi-based illustration & design studio) tell traditional Vietnamese folktales through the gorgeous graphics that they design and print on their vibrant and light-as-air scarves. In their own words, they aim to “take you on an artistic journey of dancing colors and blooming dreams of Vietnamese artists and artisans’ pride.”
