While you are in Bangkok, you can buy Thai Tribal Crafts (TTC) products at the Bangkok Christian Guest House.
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You can also buy Thai Tribal Crafts (TTC) products at
the LOFTY BAMBOO, Khao San Road.
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Akha Pot Holder
This colourful pot holder is a product from the range offered by Thai Tribal Crafts, a self-help marketing agency established in 1973 with the main goal to provide opportunities for improving the quality of life of the tribal people in Northern Thailand.
This item has been entirely crafted in the Akha tribal community. The Akha number about 48,500 people living in Thailand, and produce a traditional indigo-dyed cloth.
In order to produce this traditional cloth, Akha people weave the cotton into cloth with a foot-treadle loom. This cloth is then dyed with indigo grown in the gardens. It takes about one month of dipping and drying the cloth daily to produce the typical colour.
This cloth is embellished with silver ornaments, coins, beads, red-dyed feather tassels, seeds and many other items. They also do a bright-coloured appliqu?, pattern used for this range of pot holders.
When you buy this handcraft, 60% of its price goes to the craftsmen. You will enjoy the use of this high-quality pot holder with its traditional pattern, and at the same time have the satisfaction of knowing that this purchase will help the tribe to raise its standard of living.
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