VietNamNet Bridge - Using design software, Dong Ho votive village has produced many new items like Macbooks, women's lingerie, scooters and luxury cars for the dead.


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Dong Ha village in Thuan Thanh district in Bac Ninh province is now bustling as the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, the day for wondering souls,  is coming.

 

 

 

 

 

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SH motorbikes sell for around VND40,000 ($2)/product.

 

 

 

 

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Other home appliances such as televisions, refrigerators, and clothes made of paper are also ordered in large volumes.

 

 

 

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A family specializes in manufacturing paper cars such as Camry, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, and Rolls Royce.

 

 

 

 

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When customers are no longer excited with ordinary clothes, a household in the village launches fashion products of well-known brands. "These are items with Victoria's Secret and Triumph brands, not ordinary products," a young worker said.

 

 

 

 

 

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Shoes for men are also more diverse than the previous year.

 

 

 

 

 

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Paper handbags are priced from VND30,000 to VND50,000/item.

 

 

 

 

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Mr. Chien, a votive product producer, said "Any request of customers is satisfied. We get designs from the Internet. Just yesterday I delivered a real-size piano priced VND1 million ($50) and an unmanned plane priced VND200,000."

 

 

 

 

 

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After the tablet or smartphone are no longer new, Dong Ha village produced real-sized IT products like these Macbook Pro laptops.

 

 

 

 

 

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This year, the market for the afterlife also has wheelchairs.

 

 

 

 

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A set of family goods including a cabinet, a bed, a television, an air conditioning, kitchenware is priced at only VND60,000 ($3).

 

 

 

 

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A villa.

 

 

 

 

 

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Mr. Khanh, the owner of a votive enterprise, said burning votives was a waste, but this job had brought income to farmers like him.

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