Learn about the history of indigo batik among the Hmong tribe in Sapa. Discover how the Hmong people started using batik and how it has become a part of their traditional dress. Create your own batik piece to take home with you.

Before the workshop starts, listen to the guide explain the process and how the Hmong people started with batik. Hear how the people who went into the forest to collect honey came across forests of indigo and got caught in wax and indigo, which turned their clothes black.

When their clothes were washed, the wax came away and the original white colour was left on those pieces of cloth, while the rest turned blue. The Hmong people thanked the bees for this discovery and to this day patterns of bees are drawn onto the traditional dress.