Craftsmen use ancient technique to make 'alms bowls' for Buddhist monk donations from bash ban Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 2 min 45 sec
✓ Published: 23-Jan-2021

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Footage shows how workmen still follow an ancient process to make sacred metal bowls that Buddhist monks collect donations in.The technique has been developed over hundreds of years and metalsmiths still use it in the neighbourhood of Baan Bat in Bangkok, Thailand. The area, near to Chinatown, is one of the oldest in the Thai capital. It also known as the Ban Bat community, or Soi Ban Bat, the Monk's Bowl Village.Skilled craftsman - many of whom learned from previous generations - bash piece