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Mandalay manufacturing – Jade market
After seeing the production of gold leafs, buddha statues, betel leaf packages with areca nuts this day in Mandalay we weren’t over with the handicraft program yet. We stopped at the Jade market on 87th street near the river. The market is more like a business center. You will find all stages of processing here.…
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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 – Buddha statue workshops
Many of the gold leafs produced in Mandalay will be used in the Mahamuni Buddha temple. This temple is one of the most important pilgrim sites in Myanmar. The Buddha itself is not allowed to be approached by women. They have to wait outside while men are allowed to enter the shrine area where the…
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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…