Sights - Phia Thap incense village

The Nung An people have been here for generations making incense. The skill has been passed down by generation to generation. There are 50 families in the village involved in making incense. No one can remember exactly when incense production first happened here - however a rough consensus is that it started four hundred years ago.

Incense production

The village makes the entire incense sticks from start to finish. Everything is sourced locally. From harvesting the bamboo that goes into making the stick itself to local ingredients that make the powders, dyes and glues. A recipe that has stood the test of time - this makes the incense from this village very unique.

If you would like some of these unique incense sticks and support the local villagers directly, they are only to happy to sell you some.

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Many bundles of sticks dry in the sun. 50 families are involved in making incense in this village.

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Two women taking a rest from the sunshine that is drying their incense.

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The part that everyone loves to take photos of! When the final colouring is done and the sticks are in their final drying stages.