Discovering Hmong Spirit People Cloths_____All Photos ©Peter Whittlesey

This Hmong village is about five miles from Muang Sing and we had to walk the last mile on a road winding through the rice paddies.

Our group walking along the road to the Hmong village You don't see as many water buffalo plowing the rice paddies these days Bill documenting the Lao man plowing his rice paddy with his water buffalo View of rice paddy Closeup of rice seedlings recently planted Brothers and sisters waiting for their parents Taking a break from planting rice Bill posing with this young Hmong girl who sold him some embroidery These Hmong women were waiting for our groups arrival The women were making the Spirit People Cloths in a wide variety of colors They constantly are innovating their patterns and colors. Amazing... We all had such a good time looking at the cloths designed just for us Here I'm paying for some of the Spirit People cloths I bought Tim kept saying he wasn't buying more, but kept seeing new coths he really liked Ann coveted this blue Spirit People Cloth Buying textiles and handicrafts from the "producers" is the only way to go More and more women kept showing up with more cloths for sale It was a multigenerational event! Mother and daughter portrait Mother with baby Bill took this shot of a woman embroidering by the door to her home