The art of malay songket and handmade Sulam is one of the biggest heritage of Malaysia as well as Brunei. It is so amazing to get in touch with a man who really into the malay heritage of songket. A Brunei-an, Zakaria Hj Ali have the passion to learn how to do songket by hand. Once, Zakaria was an owner of a boutique but later decided to persue his professional job to another level. He was left with no option but to close down his boutique. His Wife, Mahyun Omar playing important role in this songket since her family was a caterer of The Brunei Sultan's songket for every ceremony.

Each songket has its own characteristic. From the workmanship, type of thread being used and the type of textile being used. Some expert can tell weather its handmade or machine made. Different places like sabah, sarawak and brunei may have a different motif on the songket.

This is type of motif called ' Cina Putar'