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Ban Khok Mo’s Local Weaving Centre

Ban Khok Mo’s Local Weaving Centre

Khok Mo residents are Lao Khrang minority
who emigrated from Vientiane since the early
Rattanakosin Period. They are very skillful in
weaving cloth which has been a cultural
heritage of Lao Khrang people from generation
to generation for more than 200 years. After
the harvest ends, all women in the village will
begin to weave cloth to make Pha Mudmi with
a Thin Chok, Pha Yok Dok – cloth in a raised
pattern – with old Lai Choeng – foot pattern. The
patterns of the cloth are of an ancient style such
as Lai Dan Mueang Lao, Lai Nak, and Lai Dan Yai.
In addition, in the past, they used Khrang – lac –
in a dyeing process.
There are 2 weaving centres: Ban Khok Mo
Weaving Centre, a group of people weaving
silk cloth near Wat Khok Mo, and Ban Khok
Mo Product Distribution and Weaving
Demonstration Centre, situated at Mu 2, behind
the office of Khok Mo Subdistrict Administration
Organization. The latter group weaves cotton
cloth with dyes from nature