08/08/2026
"Siem Reap, 12 years ago.
2014 was the turning point: after ten years of Samatoa, I dropped mulberry silk for lotus fiber. A fiber nobody believed in.
What followed: a French Presidential prize, royal endorsement from King Norodom Sihamoni, six awards โ and one bankruptcy. Samatoa died. Lotus Silk Farm was born.
Resilience isn't a concept here. It's a flower that grows out of the mud, and a people who did the same.
I wrote the whole story down." The book is available at Lotus Silk Farm.
Awen Delaval, Founder
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