In fact, weaving is a highly developed skill in Asian-Pacific countries, and many ethnic groups in the region have highly distinctive textile arts, of which banana-thread weaving is but one. Besides the Kavalan, other long-standing practitioners of banana-thread weaving include minority people in Thailand and natives of the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
事實上，亞太國家的編織藝術非常發達，區域內許多民族都有出色的編織藝術，香蕉絲織就是其中頗富代表性的一種，除了噶瑪蘭族，泰國和日本的琉球群島等地也有久傳的香蕉絲織。