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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Lahu doll
If you are looking for a gift or a traditional item of Thailand, this doll will be the perfect product! This unique handcrafted doll 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 doll has been crafted in the New Life Center. Thai Tribal Crafts supports the programs of this center, whose goal is to welcome tribal girls and give them education and training. Indeed, the girls go to school where they can learn to read and write their own language, and learn new skills such as weaving, sewing and embroidery.
These dolls are dressed with the traditional Lahu outfits. The Lahu have about 73,500 people living in northern Thailand. The Lahu women do unusual weaving and patch work trims while the men are skilled in producing musical instruments and other items from bamboo.
The Lahu population can be divided into four major sub-groups: Lahu Nyi and lahu Sheh Leh, who still wear their traditional outfits, and Lahu Na and Lahu Shi, who tend to dress like Northern Thai people and wear their traditional clothing only on festive occasions like weddings or New Year's festival.
Lahu people traditionally grew their own cotton, but this activity is no more possible due to the land limitation: nowadays, they purchase it at the market. Then, they weave cloth using back-strap and foot-treadle looms.
Finally, the cloths are decorated, with different techniques: Lahu Na and Lahu Shi mostly use patch-work appliqu?, whereas Lahu Shi and Lahu Nyi make embroidery. All groups use bands of cloth and silver half-sphere buttons for embellishment.
When you buy this handcraft, about 60% of its price goes to the women of the New Life Center. You will appreciate having this doll, and at the same time have the satisfaction of knowing that this purchase will help the women to raise their standards of living.
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