Chan Da prepares fine gold-coloured silk threads in a loom for weaving at a silk farm in Prek Bongkong village. — AFP Photo

Gold coloured silk cocoons nesting in branches are harvested at a silk farm in Prek Bongkong village. — AFP Photo

Silk producer Nara Chan inspects baskets of silkworm larvae under propagation at the family's silk farm in Prek Bongkong village. — AFP Photo

Silkworm larvae feed on mulberry leaves at a silk farm in Prek Bongkong village. — AFP Photo

A weaver prepares fine Cambodian gold-coloured silk threads in a loom for weaving at a silk farm in Prek Bongkong village, located in Kandal province near the capital Phnom Penh. — AFP Photo

A variety of plants that are the source of natural dyes for silk threads are pictured in a basket at a silk farm in Prek Bongkong village. — AFP Photo

Cambodian girl Chan Ran spins silk thread at her family's silk farm in Prek Bongkong village. — AFP Photo

Chan Da prepares fine gold-coloured silk threads in a loom for weaving at a silk farm in Prek Bongkong village. — AFP Photo

Silk producer Nara Chan displays silk table cloth at her family's silk farm in Prek Bongkong village, located in Kandal province near the capital Phnom Penh. — AFP Photo

Nara Chan arranges fine silk threads in a loom for weaving at a silk farm in Prek Bongkong village. — AFP Photo

Cambodian grandmother Pres Noun (R), 68, poses with her children and grandchildren beside wooden looms at the family's silk farm in Prek Bongkong village. — AFP Photo