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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Hmong Wall Hanging
This beautiful wall hanging will be a very original decoration in your house! Moreover, you will enjoy being a customer of 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 crafted in the Hmong tribal community. There are about 124,500 Hmong people living in Thailand, divided into two sub-groups: Blue and White Hmong. Hmong men are skilled in gunsmithing and blacksmithing, while women embellish their clothes with traditional patterns including appliqu?, embroidery and batik.
Batik is done by drawing the pattern with beeswax on the cloth, before immersing it in a cold-indigo dye. Then, the cloth is boiled in order to remove the wax, and the pattern can be seen.
Blue Hmong women are the only producers of batik cloth among the tribal people.
When you buy this handcraft, about 60% of its price goes to Hmong women. You will enjoy having this wall hanging, or give it as a gift, and at the same time you will have the satisfaction of knowing that this purchase will help the tribe to raise its standard of living.
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