Candle (Day 11)

Its that time of year again. We cleaned up the work place, oiled the machines and bought plates of wax. Yes, Deepawali (festival of light) is nearing so we are making some colourful candles !! Making candles used to be year long business for many but with market of local made candle dying it became once a year business. The thing is the cost of production rise and getting a wax became really difficult so we stop making candles for a while and people needed the candle, thats when people of Manipur were introduced to Burma candle. It was cheap and doesn't leave any wax when burned means not messy, in short better quality than local made one. And since they doesn't make coloured candle we got Deepawali market. The beauty of making candle is that the factory is operate by all of the family member. One do the making, another packing and selling. They all chip in helping each other making it to run the factory for just 2 weeks time and all will be normal again waiting for next year season when we all start the same process again. . . Making, Packing and Selling. Day 11.