Pidan (textile)

A pidan is a type of silk cloth used in Cambodian and Khmer weddings, funerals, and Buddhist ceremonies as a canopy or tapestry.

Pidan are often decorated with images of wats, nāgas, apsaras, scenes from the life of Buddha, Angkor Wat, animals (especially elephants), and plants.

[1] Khmer textiles are a tradition dating back for over a millennium.

As Cambodia had fallen under the governorship of French Indochina, pidan would begin to die.

[2] Later, the Artists Association of Cambodia found success funding and keeping some businesses (and by extension the pidan) alive.