Thailand · Basketry / Woven Mat
ผ้าแพร (Pha Phrae) / เสื่อกระจูด (Suea Krajud)
The southern Thai woven mat and basket tradition centered in Phatthalung and Nakhon Si Thammarat provinces uses the krajud rush (Lepironia articulata — a wetland sedge) to produce sleeping mats, prayer mats, baskets, and bags of extraordinary durability. Krajud rush grows abundantly in the wetlands around Thale Noi (Thailand's largest inland water bird sanctuary) in Phatthalung — the same ecosystem that provides the raw material and serves as the weavers' landscape. The Thale Noi krajud weaving tradition is distinct from other Thai mat traditions in its use of natural kajud coloring — the rush produces both cream (outer surface) and green (inner surface) tones — creating a two-tone structural pattern without dyeing. GI Tag was granted for krajud weaving products from Phatthalung.
Risk level: Endangered · Not inscribed; GI Tag (Phatthalung krajud)
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