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Template Traditional Textile Design Database

Securing Cultural Intellectual Property Rights for Ethnic Groups in Laos

Welcome

Here, you will discover traditional designs created, passed down, and worn by the People of Laos. This unique database was created with the Free Prior Informed Consent as an act of cultural preservation, and also represents an invitation for collaboration respecting the 3Cs’ Rule: Consent. Credit. Compensation© . The information in this database is owned by an ethnic group in Laos. To learn more, click here.

Textiles

Select a clothing type below or learn more about the cultural significance of textiles.

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People

The story of a small but proud ethnic minority group living in Laos.

Meet the People

Motifs

Details on the traditional motifs used on textiles, their uses and meaning.

Browse motifs

Techniques

The handicraft skills and materials required to create textiles.

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Rights

This database is part of an effort to support the cultural intellectual property rights® of Indigenous and traditional communities.

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For any questions, licensing requests, and interest in collaboration, please contact the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre, Luang Prabang, Laos:
ipadvocates@taeclaos.org

This database is part of the project “Securing Cultural Intellectual Property Rights for the Oma of Laos – Traditional Design Digital Library” and has received funding from Voice under the Laos Sudden Opportunity Grant – V-19100-LA-SO.

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