Lotus Silk Thread Making

Woman spinning lotus silk thread on a wooden frame at a factory on Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk Thread Making

Woman spinning lotus silk thread on a wooden frame at a factory on Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk Thread Making

Woman spinning lotus silk thread on a wooden frame at a factory on Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk Thread Making

Woman spinning lotus silk thread on a wooden frame at a factory on Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk Thread Making

Woman spinning lotus silk thread on a wooden frame at a factory on Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk material

Lotus silk material at Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk Thread Making

Woman spinning lotus silk thread on a wooden frame at a factory on Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk Dyes

Lotus silk dyes at Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk Thread Dying

Metal pots making dyes for lotus silk thread at Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Hand Dying Lotus Silk Thread

Hand dying lotus silk thread at Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk Thread Making

Woman spinning lotus silk thread on a wooden frame at a factory on Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk Thread Making

Lotus silk thread making at Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk Thread Making

Woman spinning lotus silk thread on a wooden frame at a factory on Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk Thread Making

Woman spinning lotus silk thread on a wooden frame at a factory on Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Woman Washing Lotus Silk Thread

Lotus silk thread making at Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk Hanging to Dry

Lotus silk hanging to dry at Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Lotus Silk Hanging to Dry

Lotus silk hanging to dry at Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Pottery

Pottery making, one of the many crafts produced at Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Pottery

Pottery making, one of the many crafts produced at Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Hand Carving Wood Boats

Traditional wood boat making at Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Hand Carving Wood Boats

Traditional wood boat making at Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Hand Carving Wood Boats

Traditional wood boat making at Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Handmade Cheroot Cigars

Burmese girl at cheroot production factory on Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. The dried leaf of star anise is filled with an assortment of herbs and tobacco and rolled into a thin cylinder. These dried herbs may be a wide variety of fruit or herb leaves, some sweetened with honey, ground cloves or aromatics.

Handmade Cheroot Cigars

Burmese girl at cheroot production factory on Inle Lake in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. The dried leaf of star anise is filled with an assortment of herbs and tobacco and rolled into a thin cylinder. These dried herbs may be a wide variety of fruit or herb leaves, some sweetened with honey, ground cloves or aromatics.