Bangkok--28 Apr--TQPR
ETHNIC TEXTILE COLLECTION AT KASETSART UNIVERSITY
Saturday, May 22, 2010
The Thai Textile Society would like to invite you to a special visit to view the extensive collection of ethnic Tai clothing and textiles at the Office of Agricultural Museum and Culture, at Kasetsart University, one of the largest private collections in Thailand. Ajarn Orathai Pholdi, museum director, will guide us on a tour of the 30 Tai groups, which include Tai Lue, Tai Daeng, Tai Dam, Lao Krang and Phu Tai. These textiles are displayed along with musical instruments and agricultural implements, highlighting the importance of the co-relations of these items in Tai culture.
Among the items on display are rare wedding dresses that once belonged to nobility of the Tai Yai of the Shan State in Myanmar. Other textiles represent various Tai groups from Yunnan in China, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand.
The tour is set to be on:
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Departure Time: 9:15am (return between 1.30 and 2:00pm)
Meeting Place: Lower lobby, Dusit Thani Hotel
Donation: 650 Baht for Thai Textile Society members and 750 Baht for non-members (Inclusive of van transport and light lunch)
For reservations, please contact at Ruth Gerson at
[email protected] or mobile 089-164-6405. Please advice of your mobile phone number when reservation and pre-payment is required.
Thai Textile Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and appreciation of textiles, with particular emphasis on the textiles of Thailand and Southeast Asia. Membership is open to all textile enthusiasts. For more information please visit the Thai Textile Society website at www.thaitextilesociety.org.
Media enquiries, please contact: Ungkana Boonsawat (Ple), TQPR (Thailand) Co. Ltd. Tel: 02 260 5820 ext. 125 fax: 02 260 5847-8, E-mail:
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