Thasawang Silk Village lies 10 kilometers out of the city of Surin. It was originally a small sleepy village where the women made silk when not planting and picking rice, like many other small villages throughout this area of Thailand. The goverment was approached by a Thai teacher with a plan, Arjarn Weeratham Trakulngernthai, to bring all the women making silk into one village to learn the different techniques for weaving traditional style silk fabric and designs. This teacher, Ajarn Weeratham convinced the government to spend the money to build large buildings of open air design specifically for the weaving of silk. There are many people working there now doing all aspects of silk making. There is also a building where they can teach different techniques and processes using ancient silk technology to make the old-style silk that this area is famous for. Fine silk fabric has been being produced in this part of Thailand for over two thousand years. They also have many shops to sell the finished silk and silk products. This is a very interesting place to visit and the area is quite beautiful.