An equipment for Karen Daily

Wares such as spoon, mortar and ladle can be made from natural resources. This entire thing from the Karen culture harmonies with the natural. However, such wares become rare now due to the change in lifestyle, Karen people use the modern wares and things from the social outside.

“Cho To” or Mortar This is the ware of Karen people, made from logs. It will be better if made from teakwood because it has suppress than other wood How to make - Perforate the log by using an ax to knock on the special iron till a big hole is formed. This Choto or mortar is used for pounding rice.

“Kor Lae” or a winnowing basket Before the villagers boil rice they will winnow the rice on this. The dirty things are blown away by the wind when they winnow How to make it To sliver bamboo to mill and weave it into a circular shape.

“Me Der” or rice pot, in Thai call Kratik This pot is used to put the sticky rice. It is made of bamboo. It can keep the rice warm and has a cloth inside to protect the clammy. Easy to carry. It looks the same as the rice pot from the northeast of Thailand.

“ Ta Ka” or Basket This basket is for putting strings or the wares in the kitchen i.e. garlic, onions, chilly, fruits. It is made of bamboo also.

“Cho To” or Martar Choto used to pound ingredients for cooking. It is made of lumber which are perforated. For the pestle made from the lumber too. It looks the same as mar tar nowadays.

“Nor Bluer” or dipper. Dipper is made from coconut shell. A handle made of wood. Some people will make Karen stripes on the handle or on the dipper.

“Pr Her” or earthen jar for steam rice It made from the log. The log is perforated and adorned to look like the picture. This is for stream sticky rice or sweets like steam pumpkins.

“Tee Der” or the bottle gourd This is for holding water when the people go to work in the fields. It comfortable to carry. Made from the bottle gourd, it is perforated and the seed is taken out and it can then hold water.

“Gor Kae” or the lumber for carry rice This equipment is used for carrying rice and it is comfortable to carry. It is made from rattan and put the string together. This is the original an equipment of Karen people.

“Me Chi Kor” or hold the fish. This equipment is made from the bamboo. When Karen people go to catch fish, they will tie it to their body, when they catch a fish will put it inside.

“Kuer” or a basket. It is made from bamboo and is durable. In the past, they use it as a wardrobe or to keep rice seeds or corn seeds because the gaps are small, unlike teak, when they go to work in the fields, they use this equipment to carry vegetables back home.

“Nor Dow Kaw” or a ladle It is made from the tree wood, the character like arch and flat. It is used to stir rice. Now, people have changed to using spoon or the modern ladle.

“Koo” or a chopping block. It made from lumber. Used to mince meat or cut vegetables for cooking.

“Gwa” or ax This is important equipment. The head is made from iron, and the handle is made from lumber.

“Kae” or knife. This is necessary for the daily life because when they cook, build houses or cut grass, they will usually use the knife. In the past, only the knife worker in the village knows how to make the knife. Now it can be bought anywhere.

This is some of the wares. If you want to see more or the real ones, you can come to visit the Karen village.

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