Opening days: Daily

Opening hours: 07.30 - 17.00

 

Yokthong Chan Soma Silk Weaving Village The village has been regarded as "weaving silk one thousand four hundred and sixteen Tako" when weaving a golden ribbon to offer to Her Majesty the Queen. From the initiation of art and crafts of the Yokthong Weaving Group "Chan Soma", a group that has preserved and restored the high-class weaving of the ancient Thai royal court.

 

With Ajarn Wiratham Thai money family He was the leader and was the one who gathered Tha Sawang villagers to gather together to work on weaving in their free time from farm work. with intricate designs, beautiful and sacred patterns, a combination of royal weaving patterns and folk weaving techniques Until becoming a woven fabric that is amazingly beautiful and famous all over the world.

 

Its notable achievement is the government's selection of weaving for leaders' shirts and shawls for the spouses of the 21 economies who attended the APEC Summit at the end of 2003 until it became known. Well done in the name of "Apec Weaving Village" and the country's 5-star OTOP award, the distinctiveness of Yok Thong silk "Chan Soma".

 

Caused by selecting a few silk threads that are small and light, taken through the bleaching process. It is boiled and dyed naturally with the three primary colors: red from shellac, yellow from the gale core, and indigo from indigo seeds. Inserted with the raising of the flowers made of pure silver silk to be rolled into small threads and spun together with the thread. Use a special weft that produces more than a hundred Tako patterns.

 

Until placing the loom on ordinary ground is not high enough. The soil in that area must be dug into a hole 2-3 meters deep to accommodate the length of the tadpoles hanging from the loom in order. Allowing people to be able to stay in the hole to insert a stick. Because there are many tadpoles. Therefore, 4-5 weavers are required, namely, there will be 2-3 people to help the Tako, 1 wooden inserter and 1 weaver, and the complexity of weaving techniques. Only 6-7 centimeters of work will be obtained per day. The visit can be visited every day. without any cost.

 

How to get there: From Surin city, take the rural road Sor. 4026 for about 10 kilometers. It is a paved road throughout.