Inle Lake-Day 2

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February 1st 2016

Published: April 24th 2016

Day 22-Monday-February 1 Buckle-up…this will be a wild day! We awoke this morning with our room not any warmer. Doug called the front desk and asked about the heater problem. He was told the units in each bungalow were only air conditioning and not heaters…oh well. So, as it does get warm here in the daytime, we’ll turn our units off when we return from our excursions in the afternoon to pre... Read Full Entry

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Almost ready

Our papermaker is ready to peel a sheet off of her screen from the corner.

Finished product

Ye Min holds up a sheet of Shan paper that has just been created. This sheet has rose petals includes in it.

Padaung woman

She was very nice and smiled for this shot as she was making her way back to the porch where we met earlier.

Umbrella maker

This lady sits on a piece of cardboard on the floor in their studio making umbrellas by hand.

Lots of detail

You can see all of the parts she needs to create a finished umbrella, like all of the spokes, paper, paint, and glue.

Making the handles

This man is working in the same room on his primitive lathe creating the handles for each of the handmade umbrellas.

Ye Min having fun

Ye Min spinning an umbrella while having a laugh.

Beautiful!

Some of their finished products...one umbrella at a time.

One final shot

Our Padaung ladies as we are departing for our next stop.

Water with a style

Colorful water pots

Silversmith

We got a demonstration on how they create an almost pure silver for making their jewelry. The man on the right is stoking his bellows to melt the raw ore into a more refined product.

Jeweler

This young man is working on creating a piece of silver jewelry.

Weaving

A stop where we will see hand weaving at work.

Creating lotus fabric

This young woman is cutting lotus stems and carefully pulling the fiber out of the stem.

Lotus fiber

As she cuts the stem, she carefully pulls the end away and stretches the fiber. She then lays the stretched fiber on her small table with the other fiber. They are then rolled together and later spun into thread. This is a very labor-intensive process and the final products made from lotus are very expensive!