Li’s travel appeal includes three themes from the district that shed light on its culture and landscape in different ways: an annual ceremony, a center for traditional textiles and a reservoir on the site of a former lignite mine. Together, they take you from a precisely dated custom through the preservation and production of textiles to the connection between past mining and irrigation. Different cultural and landscape perspectives sit side by side.

Ceremony in Ban Hom To

In Ban Hom To, Wat Luang Kao is one of the places where a ceremony is held every year on April 18 to pour water over an old, unearthed Buddha image. The clearly specified date gives this cultural event a distinct time reference. If you would like to take the ceremony into account when planning your trip, confirm the event date in advance. The custom brings together a specific place, a recurring annual date and a particular ritual.

Preserving and producing traditional textiles

The Ban Puang Kham Long Li Jok Weaving Center offers a different cultural focus. It collects textiles with traditional patterns for preservation and produces textiles for sale. The center’s work therefore encompasses two tasks: preservation through collecting and production for sale. This textile focus differs from a single ritual held on a set date each year. If you group cultural themes by customs and crafts, two distinct perspectives are presented here: the fixed date in Ban Hom To and the tradition of patterns, collection and production at the weaving center. Production for sale is as much a part of the center’s stated role as textile preservation.

Reservoir on a former mining site

The Ban Pu Mine Reservoir is located in Ban Pu and covers approximately 1,000 rai. It is on the site of a former lignite mine. Water from the Li River is channelled into the mine for irrigation as part of the Li Basin Development Project. This site therefore brings together former mining use and an irrigation function. The approximate area conveys the scale of the reservoir, while the project reference explains the water supply. The landscape focus here is the reuse of a former mining site in connection with irrigation. The reservoir can therefore be distinguished as a separate focus from the cultural themes of the ceremony and weaving center.

Three distinct highlights

The themes serve different interests when planning your trip. The ceremony has the clearest time reference, with its date of April 18. The weaving center focuses on traditional patterns, their preservation and the production of textiles for sale. The reservoir connects an approximate area with former mining use and irrigation. If you would like to focus on culture, you can choose between the ritual in Ban Hom To and the textile focus; the reservoir offers a landscape-oriented perspective on how the district is used. This lets you prioritize the themes according to what interests you most about Li.

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