Ban Bo Luang Thailand

Ban Bo Luang, a village in the district of Bo Klue in Nan province, northern Thailand. For centuries, the inhabitants of Ban Bo Luang produce salt from brine wells in the mountains, about 1,900 meters above sea level were collected were located by two.

The people of Ban Bo Luang still the good old salt. They cook, until it crystallizes the salt water and then dry the crystals in bamboo baskets on a kettle. The salt is producedwith the old method is pure, clean and perfect for consumption. In addition, iodine is added to the salt before packaging. The wells are unique. Although in recent years, the brine is not, never dry wells.

Ban Bo Luang, there are 20 families involved in the production of salt. All families have access to salt water without any problems and salt production and sell them to customers across the country.

According to legend, the salt was discovered in Nan, as a hunterProvided by reservation during the hunting of wild animals. Chao Luang Phu Kha later, the first king of Nan, until the reserves of salt, so he sent his aide-de Chao Bo Luang to make sure they know the area. The aide was affirmative with the king and then decided to develop the area into a village. People from Chiang Saen was asked to move the prohibition of Bo Luang, and the excavation of two wells that we see is still out.

Every February, people think of Bo Kluea ceremony of three days in relation to Chao Bo Luang, which is like the guardian spirit of the neighborhood to pay.