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Sawdust of aloe wood, the main ingredient for the making of incense.
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Each incense-making family in the village has its own secret formula of refining and mixing the incense powder, which creates unique fragrances for the incense sticks.
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Sticks are dyed and dried to prepare for making incense.
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Incense makers now apply machines in their production rather than doing everything manually as in the past.
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An employee can make from 20,000 to 30,000 incense sticks every day thanks for support from machines.
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Nguyen Dinh Quang’s family is the only incense maker in the village to finish all steps of the making process by hand. Quang said that manually-made incense will generate more smoke and better aroma when it is burned compared to machine-made ones.
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In addition to incense sticks, the villagers also make incense coils
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An employee rolling incense into coils
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If it is sunny, it takes only one day to let incense totally dry under the sun
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When the weather becomes rainy and humid, makers must use drying ovens to make incense dry quickly and without mould.
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Incense sticks from Cao Thon Village have a pleasant aroma and have won much favour from customers.
