Ban Den Yang Mun

General Information

The Village of Ban Den Yang Mun is located in the village group Nr. 12 in the Community of Na Sai in the District of Li in the Province of Lamphun. It is a Karen village. The history of the village began in 1963, when the community of Phrabat Huai Tom was not an officially founded village yet, but still a wild community amidst the forests and belonged administratively to a village of Na Liang in the village group Nr. 1. In that village's temple, the most respected Khruba Wongsa lived, after he had widely traveled a lot in the northern region and had taught to members of many hill tribes. He was well known and much respected and loved by the tribal peoples.

In 1971, a group of Karen (18 families with 65 members) in the Community of Mae Tuen in the District of Mae Ramat in the Province of Tak has moved to live there. Since then the village has developed rapidly. In 1975 the village got its own headman. The village borders Ban Phae Nong Ha in the north, Ban Mae La in the south, Ban Na Liang in the east and Ban Pha Tai in the west. The distance from the middle of the village, Phrabat Huai Tom (or the Buddha's Footprint of Huai Tom), to the laterite pool is 2 kilometers, to the Ironsmith Group 2 kilometers and 3 kilometers to the Silversmith Group.

Festivals and Traditions

The Festival of Amazing Karen takes place annually on the 14th January on the demonstration ground of the village, with many interesting activities, including Cotton Dance, Sword Dance, blowing the buffalo's horns, and folk music.

Recommended handicraft products of the village are Karen-patterned textiles, which are used to make bags, table sheets, hand made clothes. Other products are silverwares. The community shop for textiles has a telephone number: 0-9553-9038, and for silver products 0-9265-2688. How to Get There At the Bus Station of Li, you take the public serviced bus route Li-Huai Ya Sai, and after a drive of about 30 minutes, you will be there. With a private car, you take the Highway route 106 at the start in the provincial City of Lamphun. The village is located about 10 kilometers after the District Office of Li

Places of Attraction

The main place of attraction in the village is the Buudha's Footprint of Huai Tom or Phrabat Huai Tom with religious sites, including the Chedi Sri Wiang Chai. The visits at the laterite pool and of the Ironsmith, Silversmith and Textile Groups are worthwhile.

In the nearby Royal Project of Phrabat Huai Tom, there are research and demonstration fields of fruit trees, rice, vegetables and herbs. This Royal Project also offers an accommodation for 300 Baht per person and night. You can also get an accommodation at the National Park Mae Ping in the Community of Ko in the same District of Li for the same price, that is for 300 Baht per person and night.