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Thai Palm Leaf Craft Traditional Folk Art By Kitichai Tepprasit |
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Kitichai uses bai lan, coconut palm leaves and other natural materials to create charming arrangements of life-like lizards, scorpions, butterflies and other insects. Bai lan is the leaf of a fan palm native to tropical mountains. It has been used since ancient times to create Buddhist manuscripts as well as for the traditonal decorative craft practiced by Kitichai. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Questions? Contact Kitichai For information and pricelist |
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TON LAN (Corypha umbraclifera) The fan palm has many traditional uses in Thailand. Here it is grown on the grounds of a Buddhist temple, where the leaves, bailan, were used to create manuscripts of the Buddha's teaching. |
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Ton Lan will bloom only once after 100 years. Then, it will appear to die, but a new palm will rise from its roots | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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