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One of the places I visited in Myanmar was a weaving factory on the edge of Lake Inle. Here, girls worked on ancient, noisy, wooden hand looms like something from a 19th Century English mill. The cloth they produced - using silk, wool or thread made from lotus stems - was intricate and beautiful.
![Extracting thread from Lotus stems, Khon Village](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3a798c2348ecadd0efa0f67b5838931e/48cae744-1bb9-4b9a-b8c7-1a0b453bbe57_rw_1200.jpg?h=10e6d2ff83ac06623c45e961fb5eb91d)
Extracting thread from Lotus stems, Khon Village
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Cloth Factory, Khon Village
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Cloth Factory, Khon Village
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Cloth Factory, Khon Village
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Inthein Market
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Train at Yangon Station
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Thamaing Market
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Thamaing Market
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Thamaing Market
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Inwa
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Mingun
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Mingun
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Mingun
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Mingun
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Hsinbnyume Pagoda
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Mingun
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Ananda Temple
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Bagan
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Bagan
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Bagan
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Shan plateau
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