Images: Funny paper items for the dead

Dong Ho village is not only known as the home of Dong Ho folk paintings, but it is also the largest votive-paper producing village in Vietnam. As the Ram Thang Bay (the 15th day of the seventh lunar month) for wandering souls is coming, some votive paper producers in the village have invented many new products for the dead.

In the photos are rifles or guns, depending on your imagination. There are also AK rifles, pistols… Each item is priced about VND40,000 ($2). Police hats made of cardboard. Funeral trumpets produced at the workshop of Mr. Nguyen Thien Thoa. Thoa said these items are not mass-produced. Camera with a long len and a strap. At first glance, many people laughed because many items for the afterlife are too detailed, very close to human life. Even excavators, bulldozers and equipment serving the construction industry are also produced for the dead. A ship ordered by a family in Thanh Hoa province, whose family member went missing at sea. “They (the customer’s family) hope that this ship will bring the soul of the missing man to his family,” the ship maker said. Not only cars, but also jeeps and buses, are made for the dead. This ancient-style motorcycle was ordered for an old man who had the hobby of collecting ancient motorcycles when he was alive. A votive paper maker presented his new products this year: “That’s Victoria’s Secret underwear”, a world famous lingerie brand. A set of bedding products. The dead can even receive aerial cameras, which have become popular recently.

Photo: Zing

Source: vietnamnet.vn

Images: Funny paper items for the dead

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