Shakya Tent & Light House

Over in Matiala, specifically at K 3/190, you’ll find Shakya Tent & Light House. We spend a lot of our time dealing with wires, bulbs, and heavy fabrics. Putting up lights for a local function is more work than people think. You have to make sure nothing shorts out and the colors look okay together. It’s a lot of climbing ladders and checking connections. We’ve been at this address for quite some time now. The shop is full of rolls of cloth and crates of decorative lights. When the wedding season starts, we hardly see our own homes because there is always another tent to put up or more lights to string across a street. It’s a practical business. We don't have a fancy showroom. People usually come by and tell us what they need, and we figure out how to make it work. The street outside K 3/190 can be a bit narrow, which makes loading the trucks a challenge sometimes, but we manage. It’s a local operation. We know the people around Matiala and they know where to find us. The storage room is packed all the way to the ceiling, and we have to be careful when we pull things out so everything doesn't come tumbling down. Safety is something we think about, even if we don't talk about it in a formal way. We don't have a website. If people want to hire us, they just come to the shop or call the number on our gate. It’s how things have always worked for us. We just try to be fair with people and make sure the lights actually turn on when they are supposed to.