Thai Ferry - Product of talented hands

March 12, 2010 20:36

Thai ethnic people in Western Nghe An, in the past, their familiesEvery house has a very beautiful brocade called ferry.

Weaving a ferry is not simple, and not everyone can weave it. Women with many years of experience in weaving brocade, who are diligent, patient, skillful, and have an aesthetic mind... must spend at least 4 months on the loom to be able to weave a ferry 5.5 spans long. The longest ferry is only 5.5 spans long, with an average width of 45cm - 50cm. The material used to make the ferry is silk. The main color is the color of lac, dyed very elaborately. The two ends of the ferry are usually fringed, in the middle are stylized frames, with images of animals. The decorative borders usually have 4 main colors: yellow, white, bright purple and dark blue. The decorative border patterns are usually single-color strips; long legless, headless dragons; X-shaped, or "tin khiet" (toad feet)...

Thai Pha is a unique brocade, a special work of art, reflecting the intelligence, delicate aesthetic sense and talented hands of Thai women. Unfortunately, nowadays, Pha is gradually disappearing in Thai families. People sell Pha for many different reasons, each old Thai Pha is worth no less than 3 million VND. However, to keep valuable Pha is a very difficult job. Currently, in Thai villages, Pha continues to be weaved, but the fabric and color are no longer the same as before, mainly colored wool and chemical colored threads, both rough and stiff, only used to decorate festivals, or cultural and artistic festivals, to welcome village titles, and the price is very cheap, so Pha weaving looms are gradually disappearing!


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