Sorting and counting the leaves which will be the outer wrappers

Assembly line! Each woman will roll about 1,000 per day.

Constantly working but had the feeling of a coffee klatch, gossiping, etc.

Inle Lake: Cigar Workshop

March 11, 2020 in Myanmar ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F

We visited a cigar factory, where 8 or 9 ladies were sitting on the floor and we were invited to watch the whole process..

Step by step we were shown how to make a cigar. A filterless cylindrical cigar with both ends clipped. They take tabacco, some herbs and banana leaves and wrap everything in the tobacco leaf. Then they put a used newspaper as a filter and stick everything with some tapioca to act as glue.Read more