class="apple-converted-space"> pulses and jaggery (palm sugar). In addition, the local industry includes mills for the production of cotton, flour, noodles, and edible oils. Sausages from Alon calledwet udaunk are quite popular, and Budalin longyi (sarong) is known for the strength of
the fabric and its checked patterns. Monywa's rough cotton blanketsare famous throughout Myanmar
(with Monywa providing 80% of the country's blanket for a century), and some can even be found sewn up
into knapsackssold to
unsuspecting tourists in Bangkok.
Other regional crafts include bamboo and reed products, bullock carts and agricultural implements. The village
of Kyaukka is well known for