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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 256395, member: 360&quot;]Yep, quite correct. </p><p><br /></p><p>Peranakan slippers are very difficult to bead, though. You&#039;re sewing together hundreds, thousands of tiny, tiny, TINY glass beads, like sewing together the pixels on a computer-screen. I was watching a documentary-short on the Peranakan and they interviewed a nyonya who made a living doing beadwork. And they said: &quot;How long does it take to do a pair of slippers?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Her reply? Anywhere from 2-3 weeks, to 2-3 MONTHS, depending on the design and the level of intricacy. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is why a lot of Peranakan culture is starting to die out - it&#039;s just so intricate that most people these days don&#039;t have the patience to do it anymore. It&#039;s a real shame...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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