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Mandalay manufacturing – Betel stall
Walking through the streets of Myanmar you will spot a popular practice mostly executed by males. Chewing areca nuts wrapped with lime and tobacco in a small package betel leaf. The packages are produced in roadside stalls all around the country. The ingredients give their consumers a heavily red stained saliva which they are spitting…
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Mandalay Manufacturing – Gold Leaf Shop
Worshipping is a common practice all over Myanmar. People donate different types of goods to the buddha statues. This includes sticking tiny sheets of gold leafs to the buddha statues themselves. Almost all of the gold leafs used for this type of appreciation are produced in small mom and pop style shops around the 36th…
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Village on the shore
Somewhere between Mandalay and Bagan The cruise included a stop on the shore to visit a local village. The population is basically farmers. They earn a little extra by selling straw hats. The whole village seems to be a vital part of the production process. I was able to enter one of the buildings without…
