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Ban Dok Bua, Mueang District, Phayao Province
Ban Dok Bua is one of Lanna communities that are still speaking local language or Northern Thai dialect for communication. People in the community rely on each other likewise relatives and make agricultures in various activities, for example, agricultural farming, gardening, basket making, coop making, water–hyacinth weaving, animal farming, planting grass for animals and also have arts, culture, tradition and belief similar as common Lanna people.
Ban Dok Bua people are capable in weaving. The outstanding weaving products are bamboo basket and products from water hyacinth. Both plants are easily found in the community and Thai bamboos are planted about 700 Rai to be used for basket weaving. The villagers here continuously plant the bamboos for replacement all the time in order to supply the raw materials to be used for weaving all the time. This makes community people preferring the work of weaving to the work outside the area. Weaving skill combined with fully existing natural resources in local area make weaving work become the part-time self-employment which generates income to community people. The weaving products are distributed to sell in many areas in Phayao Province and this job helps people to continuously and sustainably earn income.
Another uniqueness of Ban Dok Bua Community is the establishment of Homestay and Learning Center of Sufficient Economy applying the philosophy of sufficient economy in daily life and operating about such philosophy through many activity groups, such as agricultural group promoting the making of natural fertilizer, organic fertilizer and biogas from cow dung to replace the use of fertilizer and chemical in farming. These activities result good and abundant soil for farming all the time. Additionally, villagers are supported to use “Ao-Mue” (teamwork) method or “Long-Kheak” (the gathering for growing rice) to minimize the labor cost of farming. The people joining the “Long- Kheak” or Ao-Mue” shall bring foods to jointly eat without the farm owner’s food or beverage contribution. Also, it forms the unity among community people.
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