Experience crafting a bamboo bow with a Hmong Village Elder
Try out using traditional tools
Learn how to load and shoot bamboo bows and have a shooting competition with your host
Bring home your own disassembled bamboo bow
Learn to craft your own bamboo arrows
Inclusive of:
Entire experience and all tools and materials you need
English Speaking Facilitator
A fully functional bamboo bow and some bamboo arrows to bring home
Pickup & Dropoff service by tuktuk from your hotel
Not Inclusive of:
Food & Water
$US 21.00per guest
Instant confirmation
1 - 8 guests
2 hours
10:00
13:00
Cancellation Policy: Moderate
Full refund available for cancellations made up to 48 hours prior to booking start time.
More About This Experience
A relic these days even in the villages, the Hmong Bamboo bow struck fear in people's hearts more than 200 years ago when they were still widely used by the Hmong people who shot them from horsebacks. Today they largely fulfil ceremonial functions and are widely used at the annual games during the Hmong new year.
Besides the villagers and young Hmong boys looking to impress their female counterparts during the festivals, few know how to shoot it properly, and even fewer know how to craft this masterpiece. Chai song is one of the old veteran hunters who still retains that knowledge at age 86.
Using young bamboo of a certain age, special tree bark and chicken's fur, he is able to build the most classic and original bamboo bow the Hmong people used in wars and hunting. Learn directly from the master in an intimate session on how to craft these amazing contraption, shoot it under his guidance and see if you can best him in archery!
Note: Bring your own bottled water
Additional Information:
Pick up will be via a tuktuk
Journey time from Luang Prabang to the weaving village is around 10-20mins
There might be other people on the same experience
Bring a raincoat or umbrella if it's rainy season (May to Oct)
You will be able to bring the bamboo bow home if you disassemble it and pack it into your check-in luggage
Cancellation Policy: Moderate
Full refund available for cancellations made up to 48 hours prior to booking start time.
Location
Free pick-up & drop-off is provided for this experience, enter your pickup location during check-out.
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