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The
Tai Yai tribesmen. The Tai Yai tribesmen, based on mural paintings from a northern Thai temple, dressed over a century ago, in two layers of long-sleeved brocaded shirts of ornate brocade textile. The bright red velvet cloak worn over these shirts topped an ankle-length sarong woven in the special tapestry weave technique. The men in those days pierced their ears and wore gold earrings in the form of a large sprig of flowers. They often tucked a rolled up tobacco leaf behind their ears. |
