The paper motorbike factory for the dead

Last updated: Saturday, February 27, 2010 |

Dong Ho village, which is famous for folk paintings, is very busy producing paper-made items, especially motorbikes, to serve the upcoming Tet Nguyen Tieu.

A paper-made Honda motorbike for the dead is a little smaller than the real vehicle.< />

 

It also has a kilometer meter and flash-lights as real product.

 

The price for such a motorbike is 400,000 at Dong Ho village.

 

Paper-made rims.

 

Made-in-Dong Ho village pinions and chains.

 

A bodywork of a luxurious SH motorbike.

 

Sports motorbikes.

 

 

Besides motorbikes, Dong Ho villagers produce other things for the dead. A paper-made horse of 1.7m height is wholesaled at 200,000 dong at the village but it is up to one million dong at Hanoi’s Hang Ma street.

 

Life sized dummies

 

The price for a dummy is up to a million dong.

 

This is the Ba Chua Kho (Queen of the Stock) and her attaches.

Dummies will be burnt in the upcoming Ram Thang Gieng (February 28).

 

PV

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