Description

Fair Trade ornaments – This fair trade ornament is made by the Akha tribal community.

The Akha population in Thailand is about 48,500 people. They produce a traditional indigo-dyed cloth. In order to produce it, Akha people weave the cotton into cloth with a foot-treadle loom. The cloth is then dyed with indigo grown in the gardens. It takes about one month of dipping and drying the cloth daily to produce the typical colour. This cloth is embellished with silver ornaments, coins, beads, red-dyed feather tassels, seeds, and many other items. They also do a bright coloured applique.

Buying this product provides fair wages to these families and their communities with employment.