Explore the countryside of brunei and visit a local cottage industry producing brunei traditional golden thread woven cloth locally known as kain jong sarat brunei hand woven golden thread cloth is known to be the best quality in the region the earliest recorded mention of cloth weaving in brunei darussalam can be traced to sultan bolkiahs reign from 1485 to 1524 magellan visited brunei sometime during this period and his official chronicler antonia pigafetta reported seeing beautiful e