The beeralu lace industry is facing a disappointing future with lagging demand and will likely become an ancient practice that can be seen only in museums if these beeralu weavers are not ...

The weaver then takes the thread around the pin manually, using beeralu to form various knots to create the design outlined on the graph paper. It is during this process that elegant pieces of beeralu ...

A small community at Mirissa struggled to keep a fast dying art and industry alive- the art of beeralu. Said to have been introduced to Sri Lanka in the 1500’s beeralu has come close to being an ...

A Beeralu making equipment called Beeralu Kotte Coir products, reed and cane craft, lacquer work, cloth-weaving and many other traditional Sri Lankan crafts are disappearing from the country, but ...