Lao Textiles

Fishing Net “Ving” is a type of Lao fishing apparatus and technique, made of very durable yarns tied into a net on a frame of bamboo for ...

Baby Carry Cloth The baby carry cloth not only items for family’s every day use, but it has been coordinated with specific pattern in beli...

Silk or cotton yarns is an article which Lao Animist take serious about.  The yarns is used in different ceremonies; the yarns is to tie the...

The entire life of Lao women has been associated with making textiles, the women of Laos not only produce textiles to serve the traditions a...

Many motifs of Lao textiles are named after nature, plants, animals, objects, mathematics, and imagination.  Sample of motifs named after pl...

There are 2 different types of Shamans one is for healing and the other for sending spirit of the dead people to the sky.  The Shaman wears...