Thai Silk

One of the highlights of the festival was the Thai Silk exhibit. We got to see all of the steps on the silk-making and weaving processes. We saw a live display of the life cycle of silk worms, a hands-on opportunity to make silk thread, and and an informative demonstration of traditional hand-loom silk weaving. The guide at this particular venue had good English speaking skills and a fantastic sense of humour. He followed us through the exhibit and gave us lots of commentary, made sure we tried the mulberry tea, and gave us two silkworm cocoons and a silk ratchaphreuk flower (a national Thai symbol, as well as the emblem of the festival) to take home as souvenirs.