Made in Cambodia Market
Oum Khun St,
Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia
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This is a little arty colony with many vendors, mostly outdoors. It’s next to Shinta Mani Angkor hotel. The only shop that’s with a/c is this silk place by the entrance, to the right. The young couple (not sure they’re a husband and wife team) are polite and personable. Their scarves are beautiful. I returned two more times, to buy a few more – even I already have too many scarves at home.
Cambodia has more than one thousand years of silk making history. Their Ikat weaving, which is a process that making a pattern from wrapping part of yarn before dying, and woven into fabric. The golden silk is unique to Cambodia, dating back to the Khmer Empire. The golden time for Cambodian silk was during 9th to 15th centuries.
