Bo Sang Umbrella Festival

The Bo Sang Umbrella festival is renowned for its stunning display of hand-painted paper parasols. You will see the process of making an umbrella. A vibrant parade of umbrella caravans adds to the festive atmosphere. Explore a diverse range of handcrafted products from the Sankampaeng district, such as ceramics, wood carvings, silver jewelry, and textiles. Enjoy traditional dance performances, music, and local arts and crafts demonstrations. A variety of delicious local dishes and snacks.

Bo Sang Village, also known as “Bo Sang Handicraft Village”, is a famous umbrella-making village in the local area. The umbrella-making industry has a history of more than 200 years, and it is famous for producing handmade paper umbrellas. It is located 9 kilometers east of the center of Chiang Mai, Thailand. It takes about 20 minutes to drive from Chiang Mai to Borsang.

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On both sides of the road in Bo Sang Umbrella Village, there are handicraft shops decorated with lanterns and colorful flags. The entire handicraft process of the shop will be fully displayed in front of tourists. The paper here is made of “Sa” mulberry bark as raw material and bamboo as bone, and is handmade. Hand-painted paper umbrellas are famous Thai handicrafts. There will be various colorful patterns on the umbrellas, which have extremely high artistic value. In addition, packaging and mailing parasol services, as well as wholesale and international transportation services are also available here.

Chiang Mai holds a grand Oil Paper Umbrella Festival every year (the third weekend of January every year), when you can see beautiful women in national costumes holding paper umbrellas, showing the beautiful paper umbrella culture to tourists.