Pidan (textile)

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A pidan is a type of silk cloth used in Cambodian weddings, funerals, and Buddhist ceremonies as a canopy or tapestry. Pidan are often decorated with images of wats, nagas, apsaras, scenes from the life of Buddha, Angkor Wat, animals (especially elephants), and plants.

[edit] Reference

• http://www.culturalprofiles.net/cambodia/Directories/Cambodia_Cultural_Profile/-1821.html

[edit] Further reading

• http://iktt.esprit-libre.org/en/2004/09/abstract_part_3_cambodian_text.html