The Synthesis of the Knowledge about the Hand-Woven Loinclothes on the Communities in Roi Et Province

Abstract

The purpose of this article was to present the study of knowledge and background about the hand-woven loinclothes of the communities in Roi Et Province. It was found that the province had manufactured the hand-woven loinclothes for long times. There were over 70 communities in all districts. There were five ethnic groups weaving the loinclothes in the province as follows: Thai-Isan, Thai-Lao, Thai-Khmer, Thai-Kui (Kuoy) and Pu Thai groups.  There were four types of the loinclothes: big pattern loinclothes, small pattern loinclothes, eel intestine pattern loinclothes and grouped pattern loinclothes. The hand-woven loinclothes were still in the ways of the people’s life in the Roi Et. The loinclothes were important in ceremonies including birth, ordination, marriage and death. The loinclothes had multi-purposes in their daily life. Therefore, presenting the knowledge about the hand-woven loinclothes of the communities could result in various types of learning as a tool for supporting new pattern design, processing clothes into products, and marketing the products. Moreover, the patterns of the loinclothes were presented in order to show the identities of the communities and ethnic groups, to inherit the knowledge and ideas for improving and making the patterns accepted in vairous aspets, and to sustainably strengthen the communities.