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“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.” – Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Akha village, Muang Sing, Laos

Shopping in Luang Prabang: 10 unique handicrafts of Laos

Doing some shopping in Luang Prabang? Laos has a wonderful tradition of unique handicrafts, especially textiles. Even today, remote rural villages naturally dye fabrics and hand weave them with intricate patterns distinctive to their tribe and village, a skill that has been passed down for generations. Many of the handicrafts require a painstaking amount of time and detail.

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