Ayutthaya

Woven Palm-Leaf Carp Mobile

  		 
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Ban Hua Laem, Tambon Tha Wasukri and Ban Rattana Chai, Tambon Pratu Chai, on the City Isle of Ayutthaya.

The woven palm-leaf carp mobile is a symbol of abundance because the fish reach full maturity at the same time as when rice yields its grain. Woven palm-leaf carps are usually hung as mobiles over babies’ cradles as a way of blessing them with good health. They are items that people who visit Ayutthaya love to buy for souvenirs. The Muslims in Ban Hua Laem have handed down this craft to their descendants, from one generation to the next, for over a hundred years.