Sunday, October 16, 2011

Weaving

Weaving  
         Weaving or Kachin people have variety; mostly from they observe from the natural or florae such as vegetables, fruits and take it to embroidery.
Embroidery
         After weaving finished, they will take the clothes to embroidery many design that they will used the clothes when they rest from a farm.
Dying  
         Formerly, a color that can dye the cloth is from the nature such as the bark, leaf. The color that want to use can find from the natural “Hma-Ta-La” is the name of a tree that will take to use in dying cloth it have a gray color, “Maigood” tree take the bark comes to use in dying, the olive “Ja-Lun-Pi” will get black by use olive bark that decay then boil. The yellow get from “Uem-Lung”, red color get from “Sa-Nun” that is one kind of a tree which take the bark, brown color takes the tea leaves to boil.
Thread
         Thread from cotton “Pa-See” that they grow. Industrial Hemp “Hlee-Ji” comes to make a thread. Now the vegetation is very difficult to seek that they change to buy from the city. In the past they feed silk worm too.


Information from: Baan Mai patthana “Kachin” Moo 12 Thambon Muangna, Chiangdao district, Chiangmai
Inmormant: 1. Boonchoo TuaMo 2. Kaew (Ka-Kom) 3. Pan- Pan (The villager leader) and 4. Mrs. Anun Chimrang.

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