Ilan community revives wooden clog industry - TW

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By Yu Sen-lun
STAFF REPORTER

Driving into the Baimi Community in Suao, Ilan County, a pair of giant wooden clogs standing in the park caught my sight. And then, in front of the Wood Clog Museum (???????), a group of women, mostly housewives, were enthusiastically welcoming guests from other counties. They each wore pairs of colorful wooden clogs, as well as warm smiles. "Welcome, please come in!" they said, their clogs clapping on the floor as they entered the room.

It was a day of pouring rain and they said a typhoon was coming. But there were still 70 people in the small museum.

Ten years ago, Chen Hsin-hsiung (???) had retired and could not believe that he would be making clogs again. He had been almost forgotten by the neighborhood, just as people had forgotten about the clog-making history of the village.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2004/06/13/2003174936