The Thai Royal Family have promoted handicrafts for many years, and took the lead in the 1990s to introduce fine handicrafts made from vetiver grass. The Royal Development Projects Board continues to promote vetiver for handicrafts and provides training courses at very low cost. Other countries such as India and Venezuela have followed with some excellent handicraft programs with mention particularly of the POLAR Foundation of Venezuela and Women Weave of India.
Recently two Indian handicraft specialist received training in Thailand, their excellent illustrated report is available to download.
In Indonesia and Mali some love handicrafts using vetiver roots are marketed internationally.
Below are some examples of Thai handicrafts made from vetiver leaves.
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Una Matica Sagrada - A Holy Little Plant (Vetiver Grass) This movie in Spanish is about how Venezuela women and girls have learned to use vetiver grass for making handicrafts and for on farm erosion control. The program was sponsored by Fundacion Empressa Polar and the movie was produced by Polar. Note in the second half the movie repeats itself with English subtitles. As a result of this and the Thai vetiver handicraft programs, there are now many other countries starting to use the Vetiver System for handicrafts and other green applications. (14 mins) |
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INDIA VETIVER HANDICRAFTS |
