Royal Thai Silk at Ban Tha Sawang Silk Weaving Village Surin
2 min readRoyal Thai Silk at Ban Tha Sawang Silk Weaving Village Surin
This definitely the main highlight of traveling in Surin province of Thailand. This is the Royal Thai Silk at Ban Tha Sawang Silk Weaving Village in Surin. This is the North East region of Thailand and it is near Cambodia and Laos.
Royal Thai Silk is the highest quality silk you can find in Thailand. It takes weeks to produce one royal Thai silk at Ban Tha Sawang Silk Weaving Village Surin.
We were luckily enough to see how they make the royal Thai silk from scratch with the machinery dating century ago.
Making the royal Thai silk with the wooden weaving machine is not just taking lots of time but also skillful manpower too.
It takes four person at one time to use the Thai silk weaving machine. Yes, it is that complex and there is actually someone at the basement making sure the threads are in order. If you notice, the artisans at Ban Tha Sawang Silk Weaving Village are well aged and it is hard to find replacements as it takes years to learn the weaving skill.
We can’t go to the details as we are not expert in Thai silk or silk weaving methodology or skills. What we know is Ban Tha Sawang Silk Weaving Village offers one of the best royal Thai silk in the country.
The Thai silk scarf that I am showing cost around 2 million Thai Baht and this is made for the royal family. 2 million Thai Baht is around RM 360,000 for that beautiful piece of royal Thai silk scarf. I must, it feels great for that few minutes of wearing it. That price is more expensive than most Rolex watches.
They also offer normal Thai silk at their store at Ban Tha Sawang Silk Weaving Village Surin. You can purchase it for the special occasion if you want to. For Royal Thai Silk, you need to pre-order it but we heard the booking list goes beyond this year.
Ban Tha Sawang Silk Weaving Village is a must visit if you want to know more about Thai Silk as well as its unique silk weaving methodology.
Ban Tha Sawang Silk Weaving Village Surin
Address: 23 หมู่ 1 บ้านท่าสว่าง, ตำบลท่าสว่าง อำเภอเมือง จังหวัดสุรินทร์, 32000 Thailand
Phone: +66 84 962 3439
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