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Learn how to make a foldable lantern and hear about this important part of Hoi An's cultural heritage from your instructor. Bring home your very own hand-made souvenir.

Highlights

• Make your own Vietnamese lantern to bring you luck and happiness
• Experience a fun activity suitable for singles, couples, friends and families
• Learn how to use different materials like silk and bamboo
• Bend the bamboo stakes into the shapes you love
• Learn how to fold a lantern to be smaller to put in your bag

Description

Immerse yourself in Vietnamese culture with a lantern-making class. Select from full and express options. In the full activity, make the lanterns completely from scratch. In the express activity, start with the bamboo structure of the lanterns already made and begin by choosing your lantern fabric. Begin your experience with some herbal tea and traditional music. Hear about the history of Hoi An bamboo silk lanterns from your host and how the local people believe that hanging lanterns in front of their house brings luck, happiness, and wealth. Create lanterns shaped like lotuses, triangles, garlic, UFOs, or diamonds and choose your own silk style and color with guidance from your instructor. This unique activity can be enjoyed by the entire family, even by kids as young as 3 years old. Once completed, these lanterns are easy to fold, carry, or put in your luggage, so you can take home an original, hand-made souvenir from your visit to Hoi An.

Includes

Welcome drink of traditional Vietnamese tea Lantern-making class with instructor and translator Your own foldable lantern to take home A secret gift made by the host

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund