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The Hasanah Gold Threads Awards aims to celebrate excellence in Malaysian heritage textiles and to spur innovation and creativity. 

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Submission for the 2024 Awards is now closed. Results will be announced at the Hasanah Gold Threads Awards Ceremony on 5 September 2024.

Key Dates For 2024

Submissions Open

Close of Submissions

Announcement of Results

4 April 2024

20 August 2024

5 September 2024

Textile Categories

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The 2024 edition features the following Textile Categories:

  • Supplementary Weft (including songket, dastar, sungkit)

  • Ikat (including pua kumbu, limar)

  • Drawing and Stamping (including batik tulis, batik cap, telepuk)

  • Embroidery and Embellishment (including tekat, keringkam, kelingkan, sulam, kerawang)

  • Plaiting (basketry techniques in various fibres)

  • Beadwork (including loom beading, stringing)

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Each Textile Category carries two awards and one special mention:

  • Best Traditional (with a cash prize of RM25,000) For textiles produced in their traditional form and for their traditional use and produced using traditional techniques.

  • Best Innovative (with a cash prize of RM25,000) For textiles produced demonstrating innovation in design, use and/or production. These textiles must still be produced by hand, and contain traditional elements of the production process.

  • Special Mention Award for each category (with a cash prize of RM10,000) for applications of worthy commendation.

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In addition to the above, we are introducing in 2024 two Supplementary Awards (with a cash prize of RM 5,000 each) to be selected from all the entries submitted for the main Awards:

  • Youth Achievement Award– To a worthy recipient below the age of 25 years, identifiable from the Malaysian Identity Card (MyKad) number(s) requested of the recipient(s) in the Awards Application Form; and

  • Sustainability Gold Award – For a work of textile excellence which demonstrates a regard for the environment, such as the deployment of natural dyes and fibres and other practices which are non-degrading to the environment or any other innovation which show a conscious effort towards environmental sustainability. Please ensure that you describe this accordingly in “Description of Submitted Work” in your Awards Application Form to enable consideration.

Awards Criteria & Eligibility

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Eligibility The Awards is open to all individuals Malaysian citizens and companies or associations registered in Malaysia where their constitution permits them to be producing textiles.

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Criteria The Awards aims to celebrate excellence in craft and to be recognised as a benchmark for heritage textile production in Malaysia. In line with this, each submission is judged to the following criteria:

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  • Excellence Demonstration of excellence and standard–setting quality in craftsmanship: determined by the use of high-quality materials, a high standard of technique and the special attention to manufacturing and finishing details

  • Authenticity Expression of cultural identity and traditional aesthetic values: demonstrated by a well-achieved application of aesthetic and cultural expression or traditional crafting techniques

  • Marketability Marketability of the product with potential for the regional and/or international market: related to the functionality of the product, the safe use by potential buyers, a balanced price-quality relationship or the sustainability of production

  • Innovation (for Best Innovative submissions) Innovation in design, use and production: demonstrated by an effective and successful blend of traditional and contemporary, or inventive and creative use of material, design, and production processes. 

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