Useful harmful God, thus the mouthpiece of lantern makers in Egypt speaks before their article, after the decline in the popularity of Chinese lanterns in favor of local production, whether due to import difficulties or perhaps because of the psychological condition that afflicted some towards Chinese products, after the spread of the Corona virus.
As the Egyptians used to long ago, the lantern gift is a source of joy for children in the holy month of Ramadan, and with the emergence of the Corona crisis and import problems from China, attention turned to youth initiatives to manufacture the traditional Egyptian lantern made mainly of wood or tin.
Although there were large stocks of Chinese lanterns merchants from last year, they were not very popular after the Corona pandemic, not only for import-related reasons, but also for psychological reasons.
Egyptian lantern prices also come to suit all levels, starting from 15 pounds to 85 pounds, depending on the sizes.
Inside one of the wooden lantern manufacturing workshops, Sherif Ahmed explains that he and his partners succeeded in making a wooden lantern bearing the Egyptian character.
Sharif explains that the work stages start from designing on the computer to the required shape and names that the customer wants to write on the lantern, then the laser engraving machine cuts wood and carries shapes and names, so the last stage comes where workers collect those wooden pieces and install them together, then add some colored light bulbs.
It indicates the increasing demand for this type of lanterns because of its local culture, as well as the possibility of imparting privacy to each lantern by placing the names of children, which makes each lantern specific to its owner and does not resemble the other.