Yoyamay

In December 2020, our beloved friends from Tagu Films came to visit our Hmawbi Indigo Farm to celebrate the old year. Here are some memories to keep with us. We hope to organize more trips to allow interested customers to see the Indigo Natural Dye process in the future.

ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံရဲ့indigo

Preparing an indigo vat is a long and labor intensive process. Whisking the vat is a mandatory step to let air into the dye to make it the beautiful blue we all know and love!

ရိုးရာ​မေရဲ့လှပတဲ့ချင်းရိုးရာအထည်

We will be giving some discounts from 16th to 1st of January 2023!

Stay tuned for more updates!

ပြင်သစ်ကမိတ်​ဆွေ သူစု​ဆောင်းထားတဲ့ရိုးရာထည်​တွေပြန်ပို့​ပေး

Special thanks to Turquoise Mountain Myanmar and especially Hay Mahn Htun for helping us reconnect with our weavers.

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(Archival photo from 2020 July.)

During these turbulent times, many Chin people who reside in Rakhine State (such as the Mru/Mro people) were forced to flee from their homes to resettle near Yangon. Many of our weavers are also part of this exodus. We visited one of our weavers' new home last month to see how they are doing.

Despite the difficulties of settling into a new locale, Daw Sein Phyu Khaing told us that there are more educational opportunities for her nieces and nephews here. It also feels much safer, she mentioned. She also told us that Yoyamay has been collecting her work for more than a decade now, allowing her to build a life through her art.

It's been a great privilege to get to know our weavers more. Our weavers are the backbone of our store. We hope to continue working with our weavers in the coming years.