7.8 Thai Arts and Crafts

A great way to experience the diversity of Thai culture through local arts and crafts.

• The familiar chicken patterned ceramic bowls are still produced by Dhanabadee Ceramics in Lampang.
• Don Kai Dee in Samut Sakhon is the place to see the renowned Benjarong five-coloured porcelain, one of Thailand’s finest crafts.
• Ngob is a traditional wide-brimmed, sloped hat made from palm leaves and its manufacture can still be seen in Nam Chiew Village.
• Sangkhalok earthenware is often glazed and decorated with motifs before being fired in the kilns and visitors can see the process in a number of factories as well as visit local museums.
• At Samet Ngam Chantaboon Mat Handicraft Centre local ladies weave dried and dyed sedge into the Chantaboon mat and other products.

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