Tag: Hill Tribe
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Hill Tribe Wares: Where Culture & Couture Collide
Authentic Hill Tribe wares in Thailand are becoming impossible to find. Learn the difference between authentic and imitation.
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Yaam! A Hill tribe Shoulder Bag???
The Thai Fabric Chronicles continue! This time with a look at a Hill tribe tradition-Yaams! Yaam! It rhymes with Guam, mom, and bomb. It’s a northern Thai word that refers to a traditional and specific kind Hill tribe handbag of sorts. A yaam is not a shoulder bag, nor a tote with long straps. It’s…
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Portrait of a Golden Triangle Opium Farmer
An Overview The opium poppy, papaver somnifera, has been grown for centuries in the endless hills and mountains of the Golden Triangle-a region that stretches from northern Thailand, up through Shan State in Burma, Laos, to its northern end in Yunnan Province, China. Today, the Golden Triangle and its poppy crop still produce the finest…