Originally people did not wear clothes, for they did not know how to weave. The first weaver was a girl named Hambrumai, who was taught the art by the god Matai. She sat by the river and watched the waves and ripples on its surface and imitated them in her designs. She lay in the forest looking up at the patterns woven by the braches of trees, the leaves of bamboo; she saw ferns and plants and flowers, and from these things learned other designs.
*legend of Kaman Mishmis