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Traditional Crafts in Kenya

Updated: Dec 9, 2025

Kenya has over 40 tribes and each community has a unique way of life. Crafts in Kenya are part of an industry that drives the country’s economy, known as the "Jua Kali" sector. The “Jua Kali” is an East African term that means intense or hot sun, which reflects the rigorous work artists have to do under the scorching...

Doi Tam Drum production village

Updated: Dec 9, 2025

Drums of Doi Tam Village have been well-known throughout the country. These drums look simple but produce very beautiful sounds that seem to express of the makers. Visiting the village, you will have opportunities to study the secret of this craft. According to custom, drum-making techniques are transferred to sons and their wives, not daughters and their husbands.

Son Vi - A village of teapot warm keepers

Updated: Dec 9, 2025

Each teapot warm keeper was brought soul of Son Vi villagers because it was made from the most caring and pride of earlier generations. It was made entirely by handmade. Bamboo is used as rods, straw, rags, cotton is used as cores, and then made the bottom planks thin need wood then glue and paint for decoration. The teapot warm keeper has multiple sizes different colors but red lipstick color is most popular

Indigo in the clouds - Hmong textile in Sapa

Updated: Dec 9, 2025

In the hazy mist and renowned splendor of Sapa, a traveler is sure to find beautiful young Hmong girls dressed in charming indigo clothing even in the most remote areas. Not only are the Hmong good at hemp weaving, they also utilize a special indigo dyeing technique. As a natural dyeing substance, indigo is widely used by ethnic minority groups throughout SE Asia. In the northern mountainous area of Vietnam

Non Nuoc village becomes national heritage

Updated: Dec 9, 2025

Founded 200 years ago, Non Nuoc Stone Carving Village is a traditional village famous for fine art stone engraving products. The founder of the village was craftsman Huynh Ba Quat, a local in Thanh Hoa Province. He brought his families to live here, founding a craft village manufacturing items serving the daily lives of local people such as rice mortars, grain grinders, and tombstones.

IOVOP, International One Village One Product Partnerships, is an initiative created by the close co-operation between the Oita OVOP International Exchange Promotion Committee – the initiator of the One Village One Product movement in the world, Vietnam Handicraft Exporters Association (Vietcrat) and Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute (VIRI). Together with the OVOP member countries, the IOVOP will be organized into five regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, America and Oceania.

Craft Villages in Vietnam

Traditional Crafts in Kenya

Doi Tam Drum production village

Son Vi - A village of teapot warm keepers

Indigo in the clouds - Hmong textile in Sapa

Non Nuoc village becomes national heritage

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