Photo Exhibition
SILK Lao Women`s Art, Part I
Photographs by Oliver Raendchen
and Jana Raendchen
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Lao (Luang Phabang) girl showing a wai with her hands to say „sabaaidii“ – Welcome! She wears a festive phaa biang (shoulder cloth) and pha sin (skirt) on occasion of the Lao New Year ceremony in April. |
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Ceremonial cotton/silk cloth from Northeastern Laos with typical design showing nagas (water serpents), birds and lions with trunks. |
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Black Tai woman in Northern Laos carrying her baby in a black handwoven shoulder cloth. |
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Black Tai shoulder cloth made of naturally dyed cotton and silk. |
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Whole families engage in silkworm breeding. |
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Ever hungry – silkworms! |
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Black Tai woman in Northern Laos preparing raw cotton for spinning. |
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„Modern“ Black Tai pha sin made of naturally dyed cotton and chemically dyed silk. |
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Textile shop at a market place near Luang Phabang. |
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Woman cleaning raw cotton. In the background her handloom. |
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