The art of crafting  instrument is now mainly sold as a souvenir item at makers’ homes in Kayah villages in Loikaw and Demoso townships.a “kaloe”—a traditional bamboo guitar made by ethnic Kayah—is disappearing and the (Photo-Thet Tun Naing/The Irrawaddy)

Handcraft and cottage industries

Burmese handcraft and cottage industries

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A slate extracting camp on Thin Bone Mountain. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
The Last Slate-Makers of Mon State
Date:
10. April 2015
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Packs of slate pencils ready to distribute to buyers. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
The Last Slate-Makers of Mon State
Date:
10. April 2015
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A slate mine. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
The Last Slate-Makers of Mon State
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10. April 2015
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A worker smoothing the wooden frames of the slates. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
The Last Slate-Makers of Mon State
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10. April 2015
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A worker cutting slates to the required size. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
The Last Slate-Makers of Mon State
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10. April 2015
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A child studying with a frameless slate. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
The Last Slate-Makers of Mon State
Date:
10. April 2015
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A worker cutting slates to the required size. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
The Last Slate-Makers of Mon State
Date:
10. April 2015
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A worker smoothing the wooden frames of the slates. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
The Last Slate-Makers of Mon State
Date:
10. April 2015
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Packs of slate pencils ready to distribute to buyers. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
The Last Slate-Makers of Mon State
Date:
10. April 2015
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A worker smoothing the wooden frames of the slates. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
The Last Slate-Makers of Mon State
Date:
10. April 2015
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Workers inside a slate mine. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
The Last Slate-Makers of Mon State
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10. April 2015
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Workers inside a slate mine. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
The Last Slate-Makers of Mon State
Date:
10. April 2015
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Man make cotton for kachin weaving at Myitkyina in Kachin State. ( Photo - Thaw Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
Kachin Weaving
Date:
5. August 2014
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Man drying cotton for kachin weaving at Myitkyina in Kachin State. ( Photo - Thaw Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)
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Kachin Weaving
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5. August 2014
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Man drying cotton for kachin weaving at Myitkyina in Kachin State. ( Photo - Thaw Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
Kachin Weaving
Date:
5. August 2014
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Man drying cotton for kachin weaving at Myitkyina in Kachin State. ( Photo - Thaw Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
Kachin Weaving
Date:
5. August 2014
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Man making cotton for kachin weaving at Myitkyina in Kachin State. ( Photo - Thaw Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
Kachin Weaving
Date:
5. August 2014
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Man making cotton for kachin weaving at Myitkyina in Kachin State. ( Photo - Thaw Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
Kachin Weaving
Date:
5. August 2014
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Woman make cotton weaving at Myitkyina in Kachin State. ( Photo - Thaw Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
Kachin Weaving
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4. August 2014
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Woman make cotton weaving at Myitkyina in Kachin State. ( Photo - Thaw Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)
Title:
Kachin Weaving
Date:
4. August 2014
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