LE VILLAGE DES ARTISAN.E.S
The surrounding mountains views of the village
All ITSARA jewelry comes from a traditional crafts of the golden triangle and come from a village, which is located in the province of Lamphun. It is a beautiful traditional rural village in northern Thailand.
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It has around 5000 inhabitants who are mostly Karens SG'AW and POW.
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Agriculture and crafts are important resources for villagers.
Since 2015, the village has been mentioning eco-village for green tourism
The village has developed a lot in recent years, you will now find grocery stores, cafes, restaurants, all kinds of small shops, a super beautiful school, a health center ... Hospital, administrative center, supermarket ... are at 10km, in a small town where you find everything you can need.
The Royal Project
Following the visit of King Bhumibhol (Rama 9) in 1978, the village benefited from a project aimed at supporting the traditional and cultural activities of ethnic minorities. This project allowed the development of the work of silver jewelry, weaving and the cultivation of many vegetables, fruit trees, flowers and spices.
Weaving
All Karen women weave. Even today they are very faithful to this traditional garment that they make themselves.
School
The village school is very large, it has three main main buildings, footprints and immense green spaces. It welcomes more than 1000 students.
Agriculture
Essential, agriculture punctuates the life of the village and its inhabitants. Plantations, harvests, and sales are mostly made in common and gives rise to meals, parties and celebrations.
The Buddhist temple
The village has two Buddhist temples. The most impressive, all covered with gold, is dedicated to the Kruba (venerated monk) Sri Wiang Chai.
Pilgrims come from all of Thailand to pray it and make offerings.
It is the monk Kruba Chaiya Wongsa Patana which is at the origin of the design and construction of this Chedi in 1955. It contains relics of Buddha. This temple is built according to the model of Yangoon's Shwedagon Pagoda in Burma.
The 3 kru Ba and Buddha at the entrance
If you are curious, now go and meet the craftsman, learn more about jewelry manufacturing Where to discover theArt of jewelry of golden triangle ethnic groups.
