This week there are links from the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
A festival of joyful celebration was held in New York: The Pinkster Stroll. Reviving an old custom that enabled enslaved people to come together in one of the country’s oldest African American holidays, The Pinkster Stroll is an uplifting occasion to dress-up and dance.
A Māori weaver, Tracey Walker, is using muka – the soft fibres from harakeke (New Zealand flax) to create taonga (treasures) that refine and elaborate on taniko (braid) and other weaving techniques.
Australia’s largest 3D tapestry, Welcome to Country, brings together Aboriginal stories and culture, traditional craft techniques and contemporary sensibilities to warm, support and calm people who attend a hospital.
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