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White Karen women making traditional garments at a village in Thailand

During our trip to Thailand in 2011, we visited a White Karen village near Chiang Mai in the north of the country. The White Karen are a minority ethnic group in Northern Thailand and take their name from the white clothing that the women must wear before they are married. After marriage they can wear colour, and they really make the most of this. Their clothes are absolutely beautiful.

I took this photo inside the building where the women make their traditional garments the old fashioned way. A lot of their clothing is up for sale to tourists, and I was quite surprised at how cheap they were considering the amount of time that it takes to make them.