Bang
Sai Royal Folk Arts and Crafts Center
 Set
on an area of 285 rai (14 acres), this Royally supported art
and craft center is located at Chang Yai, Bang Sai District,
24 km from Bang Pa-in. The center offers a glimpse of how
farmers in the four regions of Thailand live and work, and
how Thai folk arts and crafts are produced. It also offers
training to farmers and villagers in folk arts and crafts
as a means to keep traditional art forms alive.
Products
and activities on view include fern vien basketry, woven basketry,
artificial flowers, hand-woven silk and cotton, silk dyeing,
wood carving, miniature hand-modeled dolls, furniture production
and cloth-made products. The products are sold at the center
and all branches of Chitrlada Stores.
 Recently
the Bangsai Arts and Crafts Village at the Bangsai Arts and
Crafts Centre, Ayutthaya was introduced as a new tourist attraction.
The Bangsai Arts and Crafts Village is a village of the four
regions, with examples of traditional Thai houses, living
styles in the olden days, folk arts and crafts, landscaping
and gardening of the four regions of Thailand. The village
built and donated to the centre by TAT to be a
permanent showcase of Thai culture of the four-regions in
only one place.
The
Royal Folk Arts and Crafts Center is under the Promotion of
Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques (SUPPORT),
an organization under the Royal Patronage of Her Majesty Queen
Sirikit. An annual fair at the end of January highlights the
center's craft products. A variety of performances enliven
the fair.
To
get there, take a bus from Bangkok's Northern Bus Terminal
(Tel +66 2 272-0299) or take a boat up the Chao Phraya River.
The center is open 8.30 am to 4.00 pm daily except Monday.
The admission fee is 20 baht for children (both Thai and foreigners),
50 baht for Thai adults and 100 baht for foreigners. Unfortunately,
the center has a dual pricing system, charging foreign visitors
double the entry fee for locals. For more information, call
+66 35 366-092 or +66 2 225-8165.
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