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The village of Inphaw Khone, situated to the west of Nampan village, is famous for its traditional weaving workshops. This village, due to its weaving industry, is a popular stopping place for tourists. The weavers, most of who are young girls, skillfully weave beautiful, multi-colored, ornate fabrics using the local made traditional weaving machine made of bamboo and teakwood. It is quite fascinating to watch these young teenage girls skillfully operate the machines using only their hands and feet (all four limbs at the same time) to make a beautiful fabric.
Inle weaver girl
One of the specialty products of Inphaw Khone village is the famous lotus-silk shawl. The delicate fiber strands from lotus shoot were carefully extracted to make strings for the shawl. The process of fiber string extraction from lotus shoot is a tedious and time consuming as well as expensive process. As a result, the shawls made of lotus-silk are very expensive – cost a minimum of US$ 30 for a small shawl.
Apart from famous lotus-silk shawl, Inphaw Khone also produce a large quantity of silk and cotton fabric that are famous among Myanmar girls all over the country.
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