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Weaving a bright future

Two local communities are showing the world how to preserve their ethnic textile heritage, largely thanks to HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya

Teaching Textiles: Warut Manprom, founder of Wong Duean Jok Tai-Yuan Group in Nakhon Pathom’s Kamphaeng Saen district, demonstrates how to weave Tai-Yuan textiles.

NAKHON PATHOM: The rhythm of cloth weaving from a wooden loom in a Tai-Yuan community in Kamphaeng Saen district can be heard again after it disappeared for over 50 years.

A 26-year-old man sitting behind the loom weaves with silk and cotton using a unique pattern — based on knowledge that was passed from generation to generation.

Preservation movement

Warut Manprom, founder of Wong…

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