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There are so many Cigars Making enterprises in Inle Lake, but “Nampan “ is the most popular village for it. Ingredients Leaf of the sebesten tree (tha’ a’ phe’) The best leaf of the sebesten tree comes from “ Kyauk Ta Lone”. The price of the leaf depends upon the quality of the leaf. The short length leaf are cheaper than the long length leaf. Tobacco Mixture It is a blend of chopped stalk of tobacco, plant fiber and shag. The best mixture is from “ Myin Gyan“. The price also depends on the quality. Vinegar The vinegar that are used in the tobacco mixing is made out of a blend of tamarind, rice wine and pineapple juice. They are all ferment inside a big glazed earthen jar for at least 2 years. Filter-tip The Filter-tip is made from corn husk, newspapers and tapioca glue. Most of the filter-tip comes from “Shwe Nyaung”. ________________________________ How to make it (1) Separates the Sebesten tree leafs by size. (2) Sprinkle the leaf with water. Without water sprinkling , the color o...

  Boat making is prominently work at Inle Lake. We interviewed a boat maker to understand more about this great occupation and bring many interesting facts for you. It is produced two types of boats, one is a big motorboat that can measure from 24ft to 60ft length and the other is a small canoe that can measure from 18ft and can as long as required. The most common canoe has 21ft length. Interesting fact: the 60ft length motorboats are used as cargo boats and the 45ft length ones are used for passenger transportation.  Teak wood is the main material to make a boat. It takes one week to make a canoe and one month to make a motorboat. A canoe cost around 450USD and a motorboat around 2.600USD How to make it? (1) The boat manufacturer must first choose and split the teak wood equally. (2) Make the buttress and rib of a boat on which the boat is attached and glue these buttresses and ribs to the boat’s hull (3) After that, they pave the floor of the boat. Then they flip it, t...