"Pa Kwam Hak" or "Love Gift" a Traditional Handwoven Textile from Laos: Cultural Heirlooms

Introducing the enchanting "Pa Kwam Hak" or "Love Gift" textiles, exquisite handwoven treasures hailing from the heart of Laos.

Known in Lao as Pa Kwam Hak or a "Love Gift", these small cloths are woven by young girls to show off their weaving skills to boys that they like.  During wartime, they were woven by wives and mothers as protective talismans for their husbands and sons to ensure their safe return home.

Each "Pa Kwam Hak" textile is a true labor of love, taking around 10 painstaking hours to handweave using ancient techniques passed down through generations, the incredibly fine weaving showcases breathtaking symbolic patterns and motifs, telling the stories, identities, and rich heritage of Lao tribal cultures on lustrous natural dyed silk.

The perfect love gift that can be used on an altar display of folded up to be carried as a good luck talisman.

• 16"Long  x  7"W
• Handwoven homespun silk
• One of a Kind
• Handcrafted by artisans in Laos
• Fair Trade