Lao Textiles

There are at least (3 or more) distinct mountain tribal groups in Laos and there seem to be a lot of Mong people and textiles around here in Luang Prabang. The traditional dress is beautiful for the women and children and I will try to post some photos from the local arts "museum"; they only wear the full dress for festivities I think. The Night Market is so loaded with fabulous color and embroidered fabric and woven silks and cottons and local silver jewelry and crafts that are all made in Laos... will also try to send some pics later.
The traditionally created baby hats are all totally unique and fabulous! Each one is different. They will sell the old ones, really beat up and distressed, but still so incredible that I wish I could buy them all. I did manage to buy 3 last night and will take photos of them to include in this blog by tomorrow. They are such creative people and very patient and helpful to us.
Putting photos on the blog from Laos is quite a time consuming thing at times because the internet from here is slow/not dependable/etc......... so please be patient with us while we try to get more of our pics onto the blogs... they are on the way....(We also have more of us drinking Beer Lao, but maybe we will make a special post called "Beer Lao" with those!)