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My Scholarship entry: A 'place' I have visited - The Cycle of Lao Sericulture

LAOS | Thursday, 4 July 2013 | Views [393] | View Larger Image

"Beating Combs and Dancing Shuttles" - The village weavers create silk cloth and complete the cycle of silk production. Using skills learned from generations before, they operate the traditional loom with dexterity and grace. The resulting products are sold to local and foreign markets and the resulting surplus is cycled back to the villagers in the forms of mulberry samplings, rearing tools or training opportunities


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