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Akha Passport Bag
This Passport Bag is a product from the range offered by Thai Tribal Crafts, a self-help marketing agency established in Chiang Mai since 1973 and whose main goal is to provide opportunities for improving the quality of life of the tribal people in Northern Thailand.
This bag 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. The 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 also a bright-coloured appliqu?; the traditional Akha outfits have indeed a lot of various decorations.
When you buy this handcraft, 60% of its price goes to the craftsmen. You will enjoy using this bag to carry your passport or other personal things, and while travelling you will have the satisfaction of knowing that this purchase will help the tribe to raise its standard of living.
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THAI TRIBAL CRAFTS FAIR TRADE CO.,LTD.
Thai Tribal Crafts is a non-profit marketing agency under the Christian Service Foundation (Baptist). For more information
208 Bamrungrat Rd., Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand.
Tel : +66-53-241 043, Fax : +66-53-243 493
E-Mail : info@ttcrafts.co.th
Website : www.ttcrafts.co.th
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