Local products and souvenirs
Mudmee Silk of Chonnabot (ผ้าไหมมัดหมี่ อำเภอชนบท)
Handed down from generation to generation, Mudmee is a unique technique of Isan in creating textile pattern. Silk threads are tied and dyed in particular patterns, resulting in beautiful textile patterns. Mudmee Silk is a major industry of Amphoe Chonnabot. Visitors can witness the silk process since the first step of sericulture from growing white mulberry and feeding silkworm to boiling the cocoon, spinning the silk, tying, dyeing, weaving and finally the complete textile.
How to get there Amphoe Chonnabot is 54 kilometres from Amphoe Mueang Khon Kaen. Visitors can go via Highway 2 (Mitraphap Road) to Amphoe Ban Phai and turn right through Ban Phai-Chonnabot Road for another 10 kilometres.
Mudmee Cotton at Ban Mueang Phia, Amphoe Ban Phai (ผ้าฝ้ายมัดหมี่ บ้านเมืองเพีย อำเภอบ้านไผ่)
In most households, weaving a Mudmee cotton and mudmee silk tube skirt is quite a common business here. Mudmee cotton from this village is quite famous for its good quality and beauty at reasonable prices. Visitor can visit the Mudmee process at Ban Mueang Phia, 3 kilometres from Ban Phai.
Natural-dyed hand-woven cotton (ผ้าฝ้ายทอมือย้อมสีธรรมชาติ)
The cotton textile is a famous product by the Art Centre for Developing Isan Women. The centre consists of housewives from Amphoe Mueang, Nong Ruea, Phu Wiang, and Chum Phae to weave cotton textile by hand and dye with natural dye from native plants. Today, there are many villages producing hand-woven cotton textile with natural dye. They include Ban Suk Sombun in Amphoe Chum Phae. In Amphoe Phu Wiang, the villages include Ban Hua Fan, Ban Nong Yang Laen, Ban Nong Thung. In Amphoe Nong Ruea-Ban Non Thong and Ban Fang. Amphoe Mueang-Ban Lao Kwian Hak. And Ban Talat and Ban Nong Khaem in Amphoe Kan Lueng. Visitors can take a close look throughout the process. At the beginning of every month, the villagers always dye the cotton, and weave the textile from the middle of the month.
Local handicrafts
:: Amphoe Muenag Khon Kaen ::
Prae Pan (Art Centre for Developing Isan women) (กลุ่มแพรพรรณ) 131-193 Chata Phadung Rd., Tel. 0 4333 7126, offers natural-dyed hand-woven cotton textile.
Moradok Thai (มรดกไทย) 87/26-27 Ammat Rd., Tel. 0 4324 3827, offers various kinds of bamboo basketry.
Mae Ying (แม่หญิง) 227/7 Klang Mueang Rd., Tel. 0 4332 1427, offers local textiles and silver ornaments.
Rin Mai Thai (รินไหมไทย) 412 Na Mueang Rd., Tel. 0 4322 1042, 0 4322 0705, provides silk, cotton, local-style decorative pillows, etc.
Industrial Development Centre, Northeastern Region (ศูนย์ส่งเสริมอุตสาหกรรม ภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ) Mitraphap Rd., Tel. 0 4324 2047, Fax. 0 4323 8318, offers handicrafts from local communities such as silk, cotton textile and silver ornaments.
Phra Dhamma Khan Textile Centre, Khon Kaen (ศูนย์สิ่งทอธรรมขันธ์ ขอนแก่น) 79/2-3 Ruen Rom Rd., Tel. 0 4322 1548, 0 4322 4080, Fax. 0 4332 1776, offers silk, cotton, and silver ornaments.
Sueb San (สืบสาน) 227/71 Mitr Sampan Village, Thung Setthi, Pracha Samoson Rd., Tel. 0 4333 7103, Fax. 0 4324 1788, offers natural-dyed hand-woven cotton textile and products from recycled natural materials.
Four-region Handicraft Centre (ศูนย์หัตถกรรม 4 ภาค) 277 Mu 3 Mitraphap Rd., Tel. 0 4322 8147 to 9, 08 1670 1984, offers local handicrafts and ceramics.
:: Amphoe Chonnabot ::
Bunmi Mai Thai (บุญมีไหมไทย) 206 Si Bun Rueang Rd., Tel. 0 4328 6142, 0 4337 6249.
Fa Fon Mai Thai (ฟ้าฝนไหมไทย) 246-248 Si Bun Rueang Rd., Tel. 0 4328 6198.
Mi Udom Mai Thai (มีอุดมไหมไทย) 229/1-2 Mu 4 Si Bun Rueang Rd., Tel. 0 4328 7192, Fax. 0 4337 6249.
Waiyarat Mai Thai (ไวยรัตน์ไหมไทย) 171-172 Mu 2 Si Bun Rueang Rd., Tel. 0 4328 6261.
Sawitri Mai Thai (สาวิตรีไหมไทย) 34 Mu 3 Chaeng Sanit Rd., Tambon Chonnabot, Tel. 08 6701 9119, 08 9612 4888.
Dried products
Kun Chiang Nai Bu (กุนเชียงนายบู๊) 198-200 Ruam chit Rd., Tel 0 4322 3009, offers Chinese-style pork sausages, dried crispy sliced pork, and dried shredded pork.
Je Ruch (เจ๊รัช) Klang Muaeng Rd., Tel. 0 4323 7787, offers preserved pork, sour pork, Chinese style pork sausage, dried crispy sliced pork.
Tia Hua Yoo (เตียฮั่วหยู) 584 Si Chan Rd., Tel. 0 4322 4472, offers different kinds of peanut dessert.
Sawai Rosthip (ไสวรสทิพย์) 179/32 Pracha Samoson Rd., Tel. 0 4323 9733, offers sausage, preserved pork, and fermented fish sauce.
Naem Lublae (แหนมลับแล) 42 Klang Mueang Rd., Tel. 0 4323 6537, offers sour pork, Chinese-style sausage, preserved pork, and sun dried beef.
Naem Parinya (แหนมปริญญา) 44/30 Lang Mueang Rd., Tel. 0 4324 2884, 0 4333 2897.
Heng Nguan Hieng (เฮงง่วนเฮียง) 54/1-2 Klang Mueang Rd., Tel. 0 4323 9458, 0 4323 6735, offers preserved pork, Chinese-style sausage and dried crispy sliced pork.
Lee Kang Siang (ลี้กั่งเซี้ยง) Klang Mueang Rd., Tel. 0 4332 3323, offers preserved pork and Chinese-style sausage.
:: Amphoe Ban Phai ::
Ban Phai Lim Sin Hiang (บ้านไผ่ลิ้มซินเฮียง) 140 Mu 8 Tel. 0 4337 4568.
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