Myanmar's handmade lantern market sees low demand amid commodity price hike


Lantern makers make traditional lanterns for Thadingyut lighting festival in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 7, 2022. - Xinhua

YANGON, Oct 9 (Xinhua): With Myanmar's lighting festival around the corner, lantern makers in Yangon are seeing low demand for their products compared to previous years.

"The sales of decorative lanterns decreased this season," said Nyein Chan, who has been making and selling lanterns during the annual season since he was a child, referring to the lighting festival which falls in mid-October.

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