An elderly woman spins lotus plant fibre at In Paw Khone, a village of stilt houses on Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). The thread will be used for making woven textiles out of a combination of lotus plant fibres and silk.  Lotus textiles are one of the most expensive textiles in the world. After picking, the fibres are extracted by pulling out, twisting and handrolling together with water and then spun, washed and woven into fabric, an extremely labour intensive process.
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