The most sophisticated of Mandalay's gold-leaf workshops, King Galon offers patient explanations of the gold-pounding process, including the physically demanding pounding, without sales pressure. Also stocks a range of souvenir handicrafts and religious icons, as well as packages of thin strips of gold leaf – the kind devotees apply to Buddha statues all over the country.
King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop
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