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Huay Chant Lod is home to eighty families of Mien, an Mali, who moved to this village when she was five years old, heads the group’s efforts. If there is a large order, the women can stop work in the fields to concentrate on sewing; otherwise, agriculture is their primary source of income. The Mien grow maize for sale as animal feed as well as rice for their own consumption. Mali’s group of women is entirely cooperative: They work on the orders, divide the costs of the materials, and share all profits equally. |
ethnic minority that originally emigrated from China. The majority of the remaining Mien population in Thailand lives either in Huay Chan Lod or in a neighboring village of just two hundred families. Mien women are known for the incredibly fine detail of their colorful, embroidered costumes – often, it will take a woman six months to sew a single pant leg. Thirty women in Huay Chant Lod are skilled in traditional Mien handicrafts, fifteen of whom work on Izara Arts projects.
