A passage to India “SONGKET” Unity in Diversity through textiles. There are many influences/similarities of Indian and Indonesian Textiles. It can be seen on many textiles like the queen of handwoven textiles : Songket, that always inspires GHEA in her collection which has similarities with Indian gold embroidery. Songket is a Tenun fabric that belongs to the brocade family of textiles of Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore. It is hand-woven in silk or cotton, and intricately patterned with gold or silver threads. The earliest documented use of gold embroidery in India comes from Rigveda. This means that gold embroidery has been practised in India for 3500 years now. In 1300, people who worked with precious metals and stones to embroider them into fabric were known as Zardos. #Ghea2022 #Ghea40yearsandbeyond #GheaIndianJourney