> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: > Reference:: Voa. (2006, March 23). Lao Diaspora: Lao Embassy hosted a handicrafts exhibition in recognition of Lao Women’s Progress. _ສຽງອາເມຣິກາ - ວີໂອເອ_. https://lao.voanews.com/a/a-52-2006-03-23-voa3-90675904/1183955.html > Date:: 2006 > Tags:: #warp #Laos > WeftLinks:: [[Cultural value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft connects members of a cultural group in the diaspora]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Lao textile crafts are celebrated in diaspora communities. ### Highlights >the Lao Women’s Union in Vientiane will hold its 5th conference this year. As an Ambassador’s wife, I considered myself a leader, a cultural Ambassador to represent the Lao PDR. I, along with my friends and staffs at the Lao PDR Embassy, would like to contribute and do our part to host this cultural exhibition as a fund-raising event to help the Women’s Union in Laos, by introducing our beautiful traditional arts and crafts that are made by Lao women, and passed down from mother to daughter, from one generation to the next.”