Палас (Palas) / Килем (Kilem)
Palas (Палас — flat-woven) and kilem (Килем — pile carpet) are the Kyrgyz woven carpet traditions — distinct from the Uzbek and Turkmen pile carpet traditions in using a strictly symmetric (Turkish/Ghiordes) knot rather than the Persian asymmetric knot, and in the specific Kyrgyz color palette dominated by madder red and natural undyed wool. The defining technical knowledge is the knot row color sequence management: in Kyrgyz pile carpet, each row's color sequence is planned from the outer border inward for the entire carpet before the first knot is tied — 'I plan from the edge to the center, but I weave from the center to the edge. The plan and the weaving go in opposite directions.'
Risk level: Endangered · Kyrgyzstan national ICH list
Sebet (Себет — basket) is the willow basketry tradition of the Chuy Valley in northern Kyrgyzstan — distinct from the felt and leather traditions of the southern and mountain regions in being a sedentary river-valley craft producing…
The komuz (Комуз) is the primary musical instrument of Kyrgyz nomadic culture — a three-string fretless lute carved from a single piece of apricot or juniper wood with a thin spruce soundboard.
Kyrgyz silver jewelry (Белек — gift; Күмүш — silver) is the nomadic metalwork tradition producing the elaborate silver ornaments worn by Kyrgyz women — chest ornaments (tumar), headpieces (chach-uchu), and belt components.
Tush kyiz (Туш кийиз — 'wedding hanging') is the embroidered textile panel hung on the honor wall of the Kyrgyz yurt behind the bridal couple — the most elaborate embroidery tradition in Kyrgyz culture.
The kalpak (Калпак) — specifically the ak kalpak (white kalpak) — is the traditional white felt hat of Kyrgyz men and the most universally recognized Kyrgyz cultural identity object.
Kerme (Кермé) refers to the carved wooden elements of the Kyrgyz yurt interior — primarily the carved storage chest (sandyk), the decorative lattice of the door frame (bosogo), and the carved poles of the upper smoke ring (tunduk).
Menggerus is a Malay textile finishing technique that burnishes woven cloth — most often songket, batik, or tenun — to a smooth, lustrous surface using cowrie shell (siput gerus), soap-nut (buah lerak), starch (kanji), damar resin, and…
The hand punching of Jacquard cards — the physical medium of the Jacquard loom program, where each hole in a stiff card corresponds to a raised warp thread in the woven fabric.
Yaeyama minsā (八重山ミンサー) is a narrow indigo cotton sash, about 10 cm wide, woven on Ishigaki and Taketomi as a warp-rib (warp-faced) cloth with a white hand-bound ikat.
Duşek (Дүшек — mattress/felt pad) is the Turkmen felt tradition — producing the thick felt mattresses and floor pads used in the Turkmen yurt and household.
Tenun Pahang Diraja is a Pahang handloom weaving tradition believed to have originated in Riau or Sulawesi and been brought into Pahang in the 16th century, woven from silk or cotton thread.
Chibana hanaori (知花花織) is the float-weave of the former Misato Village, today's Chibana, Noborikawa and Ikehara districts of Okinawa City.