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Silk business | Sam Tai, Laos

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February 6, 2012

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Smoothing out washed silk. I was told that it's "ok" for men to dye silk and run a weaving business, but that men do not weave. Houaphan province and Sam Tai district in particular are famed in Laos for high-quality, intricate weavings.

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