Despite these changes, the production of bamboo items has changed little. This is perhaps due to the fact that it grows abundantly and that the time used to make items is not calculated in the price. Bamboo baskets and rice containers made in the village are are not much dearer than plastic bowls. The weaving process, however, has been altered dramatically. Cotton and natural dyes have been replaced by manufactured goods bought in the market.
Women now work more in the fields due to the introduction of cashcrops.
They have less time and a simplifying of the process has made it possible for some women to continue weaving either as a means of generating income or in their free time for their own needs. As with bamboo items, many of the designs are unique to Isan culture. Stipendiat Stephen Sparkes lectures on Munks in Thailand back to the top Saturday 17. For Antropologi i Oslo. Ethnographic childrens films back to the top Sunday 25.