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Shopping at the Morning Market
Author: DJ25.07.2007
After a short walk around Nam Phu area I was picked up by my aunt for some shopping at the Morning Market.
My mother wanted to buy a set of Lao sinh with prabeang for my youngest sister and needed a second opinion. I selected a set of pink for my sister and a blue one for myself. There were so many beautiful Lao sinh to choose from.
I got the first blue set on the left and asked my aunt to sew it for me. I hope to wear the sinh to a special event later this year.
If you like Lao silk, you can spend all day shopping at the Morning Market and would want to buy everything in sight.
July 25th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Howdy Darly, how are you doing? I enjoy looking at these pictures you posted. Thank you. Question,what is that “That”(monument)on top of the page called. I don’t recall. Is it That dum? I think the Lao sin is so pretty. I wish I can have some for my girls. A collection of them would be lovely. It seems like there are lots of nice cars on the street of Vieng Jun. This is a good sign, economic and social. I wish to see some pretty smiling faces though.
July 25th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
I love the architecture of the market roof tops, they look beautiful. I was told that the Thai architecture has a pointier roof than the Lao. They both are upside down V shapes, but the Lao architecture is not as pointy. I’ve noticed this at Wat Lao and Wat Thai, somewhat similar but have somewhat different feel to them. I think the roof tops are a work of art.
I like the Lao Sinh, especially the gold one next to yours. How expensive are they in Laos?
July 25th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Sao Lao seems to be busy Ginger. I think sinh in Laos cost a lot too. I think we pay around two hundred dollars here in the US. I see a lot of Laotian women here wear them to the temple. It shows so much. I hope the trend will continue for generation to come.
July 26th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Hi Amphone, I think you’re right, Sao Lao might be busy…lol. I’ve never bought my sinh before, my mom would give them to me, I have 2 of hers’ just for a reminder, but they are not as pretty as the one in the photos. I think if I ever get to visit Laos, I’d definitely buy some. I think they look beautiful on Lao girls.
July 28th, 2007 at 4:58 am
Sabaidee Ai Amphone,
I’m doing fine, thanks for asking. Hope you are doing well these days.
That is Tad Dam you are looking at. It doesn’t look dam to me though.
I think little Lao girls look so adorable in Lao sinh. There is a new trend with the pattern of the sinh this year and I bought four sinh for myself and my baby sister. I don’t know how to pick them out but I like the silk kind because it is light. I can put like four of them in my carry on easily.
The kind of sinh that are being sold in the US, some of them are not real silk and color fade away when you wash. If not then the sinh will shrink. Some of these people would spend $5.00 buying a sinh and would sell for $30 to $40 in the US. My mother bought a few for me from my friend. What a waste of money.
I have a cousin in Pakse that sew Lao sinh and ships them to New Mexico. Her husband’s relative is the one selling them. She doesn’t make much profit though but I bet the person that bought the sinh to resell them is making lots of profit.
July 28th, 2007 at 5:07 am
Hi Ginger,
The one next to the blue one is $60.00. If you buy more than one maybe you can get it cheaper. But this is the price in Pakse since they ship the sinh from Vientiane to sell them there. My mother bought two, one for me and one for my baby’s sister but she also bought a few more and perhaps got some discount since my aunt is a regular customer of the shop.
My aunt Kian sew it for me. She makes a living by sewing and taught Bay’s sister how to sew as well.
I still have a sinh that I wore in Laos. My mother had a new sinh made for me for the start of the school year. It was the only one I got before we left Laos. I also have my mother’s silk sinh from when she was a teenager. She allowed me for wear it a few times for special event in Laos. I’m keeping these two sinh as souvenir as well.
I’ll post some pics of my sinh later. One was weaved especially for me. There is a town in the south that the whole villagers would weave for extra income. Even the men would weave after work. It’s a different style and a sinh cost about $25.00 a piece. I wore that sinh to the National Library of Laos.
When we go to Laos, we can order some for you if you like the style and pattern.
July 28th, 2007 at 8:12 am
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