Fon Sao Mai (Silk Weaving Dance) Fon sao mai is a type of dance in northern and northeastern Thailand. It is performed in groups and has very slow, graceful, and almost meditative movements.
Fon Sao Mai depicts a traditional profession of northern Thai women in silk weaving. The dance imitates different processes of silk-weaving.
For generations, silk production is one of the top home industries in northern and northeastern Thailand and the neighboring country.