Weaving is traditionally a female responsibility and passed down generations.
Coloured threads are spun through a wooden circular frame or wheel and later used in weaving
Cotton is the primary material, traditionally hand-spun. Once, natural dyes were used commonly but now in modern days synthetic colour are used by weavers
Worn as a wraparound skirt with a matching or contrasting upper cloth or shawl. The designs include broad stripes, zigzags, and diamond patterns in red, black, white, and yellow.
Ao weaving is primary done through backstrap loom
A combination of black and other colour thread are used for embroidery
Nettle fibres are woven into shawls and wraparound
Chakhesangs are also well-known for weaving the indigenous variety of stinging nettle fibre
