embroidered panel

centipede

My favorite insect

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This project was made during the COVID lockdown. Since the art facilitator could not go to the camp and supervise the Rohingya women, they were asked to document what they saw inside the house. So the women decided to document insects. Rohingya women have superstitious beliefs regarding some insects, such as they believe cockroaches bring wealth to the house they occupy so they do not kill them. Asmida drew a red centipede. This insect bites people and Asmida is afraid of it. She drew it because she saw many of them in the camp and in Myanmar.