Kamaro'an

Inspired by Taiwanese indigenous culture, Kamaro’an explores pure craftsmanship through clean design, working closely with and educating local craftsmen. Mainly local resources on site are used.

The brand endeavors to generate workplaces for young people with indigenous background. Their aim is to support and to sustain local traditions and work environment.

Kamaro’an, meaning “a place to live,” comes from the language of the Pangcah, an indigenous people from Taiwan’s east coast.

Since 2013, the Kamaro'an team has been documenting Pangcah artifacts and everyday practices that shape a contemporary diaspora. Each piece is handwoven by Pangcah craftsmen in the brand's local studio. Kamaro’an — where the sea flows and constellations flicker, they weave moments that flash across time.

The world is slowly becoming homogeneous. People within share the same modern system, chasing for the same universal value.

As in many other rural areas worldwide, there is a small number of indigenous tribes in Taiwan that still exist. They have been carefully maintaining and preserving, enthusiastically continuing their original values, traditional culture and craft techniques, accumulating their own ethnic knowledge.

But simultaneously, those localities with long-established traditions and cultures are suffering under the progressive shrinkage: young generations are departing to urban environments which leads to a lack of successors, and consequently, the local society and economy are gradually losing its energy and creativity.

Shop the Kamaro'an collection available at Burke HERE.