3 October
A SINGAPOREAN filming crew recently filmed Thet Nay Lin’s business in buying, cleaning and exporting human hair from Pyawbwe Town-ship, and tthe livelihood of small business of local residents.
The film crew first filmed women donating hair at Yegu Myoma Monastery in Mayangone Township, Yangon. They took scenes of the presiding abbot sharing how do-nating hair is a meritable act and the longest hair donated in record was the 550 feet long ‘Shwe-ze-pin da-dar’ (Golden hair bridge) in Alaungdaw Katapa garden, Sagaing Region. The film crew also documented the hair trade in Yangon and Mandalay regions and Chinese bicycles donated in Hmawbi, Tantapin and Taikkyi townships.
The filming is scheduled for broadcast with the Assignment Asia programme on CGTN Online Channel, which is based in China.
MNA (Translated by Zaw Htet Oo)
