Nanthavongdouangsy, Viengkham.

Sinh and Lao Women.

Laos, Phaeng Mai Gallery, 2006. 19 cm x 26 cm. 98 pages. With black and white and colour illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor wear to cover. Otherwise interior very bright and clean.

Includes for example the following chapters: Type and Name of Sinh / How Lao women wear Singh / Motifs and beliefs / Color and tradition / “Boun Kin Kum” Ceremony etc.

The Sinh as the traditional garment associated with Lao women is widely known but has rarely been thoroughly described and analysed. This work reconstructs and interprets the interaction between the processes and the products of weaving. Taken as system of symbols, the diversity of motifs and forms of Sinh textiles reveals the cultural and social concepts that organize the lives of Lao women according to the provinces where they live. Besides, a visual narrative with lively proverbs and poems, this important critique depicts the significant synchronic events in the everyday life of Lao people, such as the ‘Boun Kin Kum’ ceremony to bring health and prosperity of the engagement rituals of Tai Daeng men. (Preface)

Apart from the use of the Sinh in traditional customs, Lao people see this garment as a communicator of love. The young give Sinh to their elders to show love and respect, friends give Sinh to friends to show true companionship, and a man give Sinh to his wife or his lover to show his heart. From the past to now and into the future, the Sinh has been with Lao women and will continure to play its important role endlessly.

Viengkham Nanthavongdouangsy was born in 1965, at Sivilay Village, Paksan district, Bolikhamzay province. Diploma in English from Vientiane Pedagogy University, Viengkham sat the loom and learnt how to weave from her mother when she was 6 years old. Now a master weaver of the floor loom weaving, instructor of weaving for Lao and foreigners. Pattern designer and marketing manager of Phaeng Mai Gallery. (From cover & jacket notes)

• Keywords: Asia · Asian Art · Asian Art of Textiles · Asian History – Rare · Catalogue Four – International Art · Costume · Costume Design · Culture · Culture and Design · Cultures · Lao · Textil · Textile Techniques · Textile-Craft · Textile-Design · Textiles · Textiles in Art · Tradition · Traditional Customs · Traditions
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200404AB

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