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

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

STORY: Myanmar's handmade lantern market sees low demand amid commodity price hike DATELINE: Oct. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:24 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of children playing with toy lanterns 2. various of a lantern making workshop 3. various of local handmade lantern market in Yangon 4. various of customers at the lantern market STORYLINE: 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. While waiting for customers at his shop at Yangon's Kyimyindaing lantern market, the 34-year-old lantern maker said that his colorful handmade products have attracted passers-by as the festival is drawing near. However, this year's sales declined due to higher

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