African palm frond weaving is a traditional craft that has been practiced for centuries across the continent. The art involves weaving palm fronds into intricate designs, used for various purposes, ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As new volunteers kept streaming into the Church of the Incarnation, Reynaldo Hidalgo prepped fresh palm fronds for them to weave into elaborate designs that will be blessed at ...

If you're on Ishta Nupa Paynter's Christmas list, prepare for a one-of-a-kind gift. Bored by the pandemic and all of its constraints, he started weaving coconut palm fronds. He has so far mastered ...

Victoria Ciliberti is a third-generation “palm lady” sharing her craft in the Italian Market ahead of Palm Sunday. Victoria Ciliberti is a third-generation "palm lady" weaving intricate designs with ...

In front of a bundle of palm fronds, Halima Mohamad squats down to weave in an abandoned school in Tawergha, a town once a flashpoint in Libya's decade-long war. Mohamad makes baskets from date palm ...

The basket-weaving industry on the edge of the Okavango Swamps in northwestern Botswana is dependent on natural populations of the palm Hyphaene petesiana. Commercialization of the basket industry has ...

At Charleston International Airport, travelers encounter two hand-woven baskets on display. One, made by Rwandan weavers, features a circle of figures holding hands. The other, made by Lowcountry ...

Maria Consuelo Palapa weaves a palm frond in a traditional Mexican design with help from her son Omar, 7, at the Church of the Incarnation in Minneapolis on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. The parishioner ...