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Aung Traditional Paper Umbrella Workshop, Pindaya, Shan State

The artisans of this family-run workshop are making the famous Shan paper. The workshop is situated in Pindaya, a town situated in Shan State, 56mil (90km) from Inle Lake.

Stemming from the fiber of the mulberry tree, very wide-spread shrub in the mountains of the region, this paper is very well-known in Myanmar.

Poster advertising the Aung Traditional Paper Umbrella Workshop.

Beating with a wooden mallet.
The manufacturing process of Shan paper is rather long.

  • During a day, the fibers of the mulberry tree are dipped into the water then get plastered in the wood fire during more than 5 hours with a mixture of wood ash or clay.
  • The paper dough, displayed on top of a trunk wood piece, is then beaten with a wooden mallet during several minutes.

Collecting the flowers.

Once the pulp is ready, it is spread onto a frame.

Adding the flowers.

Letting it dry in the sun.

The paper is finished.

The carpenter carves the wooden parts of the umbrellas.

At the end of the process, the umbrellas are painted by hand.

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Location: WMH4+43G, Pindaya, Myanmar (Burma)