The jeweler was pondering in front of his desk light

craftsman with a solemn face — Craftsman with a solemn face

A walkway extended from the second floor of Junction City to cross Bogyoke Aung San Street. The crossing was to a market called Bogyoke Aung San Market. A modern shopping mall is connected to a traditional market. Both the street in front of the market and the name of the market contain the word “Bogyoke." This is a respectful name in Burmese. Aung San is General Aung San, who is considered the founding father of Burma, so the road and market are named after the founding father. Unlike her daughter, Aung San Suu Kyi, her father, General Aung San, was also a hero to the military regime before democratization, which is why the market and road in Yangon have been named after him since before democratization.

I stepped into the Bogyoke Aung San Market through a crosswalk. For a place named after a hero, the building was old and trashy inside. I found myself walking through a section of the market where many jewelry processors were working. Myanmar is a jewelry producing country, and a large amount of gems are sold at this market. The gemstones bought at the market can be custom-made and processed here. The man in the photo is one of the workers there. The man sitting in the dimly lit workshop had a difficult look on his face. He may have been in the middle of thinking about how he should process the jewelry.

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