Morijan

Saleha Akter Urmi; [Facilitator]

Hand fan project

Fultola (embroidery)

Embroidery (EMB)

Decorative

Morijan’s garden in Myanmar was full of boiddho ful. Her heart filled with joy at the sight of the flowers blooming in her garden. She embroidered this flower because it is her favorite.

Gardens in Myanmar were filled with a wide variety of flowers. Drawing inspiration from these flowers, Rohingya women would embroider them on hand fans which were later used to fan guests or sold for 500 kyat thus allowing them to have an income of their own. It is also tradition for parents to present hand fans to their newly wed daughters. Rohingya women wanted to recreate the hand-fans because they want to have a reminder of the possessions they owned in Myanmar.