Special Events

VENUE HIRE

Ock Pop Tok’s Living Crafts can be hired for sole use day or evening. Venue hire includes our staff to facilitate and enhancements, such as lighting and decoration.   Ock Pop Tok team can cater with our Lao-style menu or local restaurants can cater for a foreign flavour at our Centre.

Fashion Show

Ock Pop Tok has an extensive collection of traditional ethnic Lao clothing and when combined with the modern interpretations in the Ock Pop Tok range, it is a vibrant display of Lao textiles past and present.  The models are professional and the Living Crafts Centre makes a perfect venue. Music keeps the show going at a beat and each outfit is introduced, its origins explained, by an Ock Pop Tok master of ceremonies. This is a unique and upbeat way to showcase traditional and modern Lao culture. The OPT fashion show is portable and can be situated at a favourite venue around town. We can assist with choosing the right venue for your needs.

Baci Ceremony

Baci is an important ceremony practiced in Lao culture (known by the commonly used words su kwan in Thai language means “calling of the soul”).  This blessing ceremony is celebrated for a variety of reasons including; a marriage, a success in any endeavor, an annual festival, birth of a child, recovery from sickness, seeking cure for any type of ill health and even to honor visitors and guests of importance.

A Baci lasts for thirty minutes to an hour and the Living Crafts Center is a perfect setting for this treasured Lao tradition.  We will arrange  the entire details specific to your requests including traditional musicians if you like. 

Ock Pop Tok Gifts & Costume

Ock Pop Tok can provide a range of locally made items for pillow gifts and rewards, or even Lao-style costume for a gala event.  We offer a wholesale discount on items purchased in batches of ten or more. Orders can be custom made with advance notice. Items to consider for incentives are silk passport wallets, love gifts, prayer flags, silk scarves and neckties, eco-friendly bags and wall hangings. For your gala event we can make to order silk shirts for gentleman and silk skirts (Lao sinh) for women, or a special shawl (pha being). Presentation boxes for gifts can also be arranged.