Lotus silk

[5] In Cambodia, most of lotus stems are collected from the edge of the Tonle Sap lake in Siem Reap.

[citation needed] Lotus silk weaving originated in Inle Lake in Myanmar's Shan State.

Lotus weaving was invented by an ethnic Intha woman named Sa Oo in the village of Kyaingkhan in the early 1900s.

[8][5] She first wove a Buddhist monastic robe using lotus fibers, called kya thingan (ကြာသင်္ကန်း), as an offering to the abbot of a local monastery, and offered similar monastic robes to the principal Buddha images at Phaung Taw Oo Pagoda.

[9] Lotus silk was first used to weave monastic robes as an offering to Buddha images or Buddhist monks, but is now also used for a variety of clothing types, including scarves and hats.

The flower and stem of the species ( Nelumbo nucifera ) used in lotus silk.
Vietnamese artisans teach how to make lotus silk.
Vietnamese artisans use looms to weave lotus silk.
A weaver in Inle Lake spools lotus silk threads.
A Burmese weaver uses a handloom to weave lotus silk.
An image of the Buddha at Shwedagon Pagoda is draped with saffron-coloured fabric robes decorated with embroidered lotuses.
A lotus silk shawl in Vietnam .