Name: Tapestry: The Heart of ASEAN
Genre: Culture, Society
Released: 2018
Duration: 4 h 10 min

Tapestry: The Heart of ASEAN

250 min2018G4

This five-part travelogue series celebrates the diversity of ASEAN’s 10 member states. Explore a side of the regional bloc not often seen by outsiders as Jackson Board and Pichayada Promchertchoo delve into issues that are close to the hearts of the ASEAN people - innovation and entrepreneurship; nature and conservation; communities and culture; textiles; as well as agriculture and food...

Tapestry: The Heart of ASEAN

250 min2018G4

Culture Society

1. Shaping a Better Future

The rise of ASEAN talents - innovating for a better future: from an ecovillage owner whose sense of purpose is changing lives in Brunei, to social entrepreneurs turning trash into treasures in Myanmar and inventors changing aquaculture in Bandung...

2. Homage To Nature

Explore what nature is worth to ASEAN: From strays becoming watch dogs in Thailand, to rice grown the proven way in Cambodia, ancient trees being protected in the Heart of Borneo, and a delicacy that is farmed in special bird houses in Malaysia.

3. ASEAN'S Textile Treasures

Tradition and community ties are literally woven into the textiles of Southeast Asia. Treasures like Indonesian Cirebon Batik and Laotian indigo - dyed cotton are a glowing heritage, offering glimpses into the lives of the people behind them.

4. Finding ASEAN's Roots

In fast - changing ASEAN, the people of its 10 member states are finding ways to keep their cultures alive - from a bed - and - breakfast in Brunei that preserves a fading way of life to unique temples in Malaysia that celebrate Siamese - Buddhist heritage.

5. ASEAN's Fruitful Harvest

In rapidly developing ASEAN, agricultural development is still transforming lives and communities - from growing coffee to beat back opium production and poverty in Northern Thailand to tapping research to improve food security in Singapore.