Old women in black dresses run looms before making their Sarongröcke. Others explain the production of silk and show in a tiny Tiki Tray feeding silkworms with chopped mulberry leaves. In addition are the cocoons of caterpillars and have developed a fierce ball of bad disentangled raw silk that is wound on a spindle.
Of a charcoal grill, there are "giab Khao", a flat bread like sweet glutinous rice flour and coconut milk from Knabberspezialität that tastes delicious.
In a large saucepan over a circular grill schmurgelt a curry dish made with cooked pork and bamboo Pla raa (fermented fish sauce). This fragrant sticky rice is served. Getting used to a snack.
After dinner the guest can enjoy a glass of Klebreiswein, which is derived from a deep-bellied Tonkalebasse. It is a cloudy liquid which is obtained by addition of yeast from a fermented Klebreismasse. It tastes fruity and reminiscent of young white spring and reportedly contains no alcohol.
Well it is now strengthened the shindig. On the main stage is already a couple of old women sit in rows and a bamboo wind instrument right mood for the show. Shown is untangling a ball of hair and the artistic re-plugging of the hair by means of a single hairpin. Thereafter, the application of a sewn together Rocksarongs demonstrates what looks easy.
But fail helplessly as two voluntary visitors on stage with their attempts to recognize the awkwardness of the matter. Now the ice is broken and you throw in clever vortex throws to feather-filled cotton balls. This is a game that goes back to an ancient rite of friendship between young men and women. It's called "In Gon," and according to tradition, the catcher must dance the ball with the thrower. Now come the old women dancing down from the stage and mingle with the audience. The bamboo wind instruments to play and the spectators lined up in the old folk dances and try to imitate the swaying body movements and facial expressions of the dancers delicately twisted fingers.
The Cultural Center is supported with funds from the provincial government. Unfortunately, insufficient. Of the 12 model homes 10 in a visible state of disrepair. The supporting wooden pillars of the houses are all infested with termites and all the roofs have severe damage. A reed roof must be renewed every 4 years, but unfortunately this is no money.
In Khao Yoi and surrounding communities now live 8000 Lao Song Dam. Every April, celebrates the small community with the traditional New Year celebrations their biggest festival. Then also meet Lao song from other parts of Thailand here.
Outside the cultural center there in the Wat Yang school is a small ethnographic museum, where you can see pieces from the collection Lao Song culture. Exhibits include weaving looms, rice mills, traditional costumes, basketry and pottery. With luck, visitors can when teaching students to be there that are still taught in traditional knowledge and folklore know the traditional dances.
The cultural center is open daily. The visit is free. By telephone arrangement offers demonstrations and dances, has to be paid for according to performance-Cents. The visitor can stay for only 100 baht in one of the two model houses are still intact. However, there are no beds and no mosquito nets. Sleep on soft mattresses mats that lie on the bare wooden floor. Washrooms and toilets are available.
From Hua Hin drive along Highway No. 4 towards Bangkok. It's on Petchburi and reached after another 25 kilometers Khao Yoi. Here we use the U-turn and goes back about half a mile. Before the rock solid, turn left. The Cultural Centre is signposted here.
After a curve to reach the right hand of Khao Yoi Höhlen wat. You drive past it and turn behind the plate to the right.
Follow the narrow Betonsträßchen and takes in another fork in the road to the left. At the end of the lane, turn left and reached after about 100 meters, the cultural center.
