31 Enterprise Management Chain repairer, Mawlamyine) got a very good business just before the rainy season as people came to get their umbrellas and rain covers repaired. Across all five cities but especially in Mawlamyine, MEs could not work in monsoons because of excessive rains and therefore, saved up enough by working hard during the other seasons. Myint (toddy juice maker, Mawlamyine) worked at a construction sites in the rainy season as he could not climb the toddy trees. Thaung (painter, Mawlamyine) did not get much work in the rainy season and could only paint indoors. Soe (potter, Bago) suffered as well. He needed the sunlight to dry his pots before baking them. This was not possible in the monsoons and he incurred losses. Some of the MEs earned well during festivals while some did not. Kyaw (Flower seller, Mandalay) had good sales on full moon days and during the water festival (Thingyan) when many pilgrims pay visits to the Pagodas but her sales went down in the rainy season. Thet (wood sculptor, Mandalay) made no business during the water festival but during June and August he had good business because of the Spirit festival in the northern part of Mandalay during which people donate spirit statutes. Than’s (Jade bracelet maker, Mandalay) had low business on full moon day, no moon day, during Chinese New Year festival and Myanmar New Year Festival when jade market is closed and she could not get any supplies. Those manufacturers who worked on order basis could only finish a few pieces everyday so took only as many orders as they could finish. Chit (cheroot maker, Bago) could only take 1 order of making 1000-1500 cheroots/day. Some of the other cheroot makers in her neighbourhood were employed by a fixed broker but she worked independently as she thought it would be difficult to say no once she is employed by a broker and take up other consignments. Aung (Photo frame maker, Bago) worked as a daily wage worker at a construction site when he did not have enough orders for the photo frames. Shwe (water seller, Bago) sold water from the Bago river. There used to be a water pipeline that broke down and there was no water for domestic use. He charged his customers according to the distance he carried water in a yoke. Buffalo spirit worship in Bago