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Newar women thrashing wheat. Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal
Newar women thrashing wheat. Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal
The caste of potters in Bhaktapur is known as 'Kuma Prajapat'; They live in the Taulachem and Talaco areas. Potting supplements their principal agricultural income and is carried out during lulls in farming activities. The Kathmandu Valley, once a lake bed, contains a huge deposits of peat and phosphatic blue clay called Ko. Due to a shortage of kilns, the clay pots are fired without an oven. The pots are stacked in circles of decreasing diameter smothered under wheat stalk, which is then packed with a thin covering of clays so that an impromptu “oven” is created. Kathmandu, Nepal.
The caste of potters in Bhaktapur is known as 'Kuma Prajapat'; They live in the Taulachem and Talaco areas. Potting supplements their principal agricultural income and is carried out during lulls in farming activities. The Kathmandu Valley, once a lake bed, contains a huge deposits of peat and phosphatic blue clay called Ko. Due to a shortage of kilns, the clay pots are fired without an oven. The pots are stacked in circles of decreasing diameter smothered under wheat stalk, which is then packed with a thin covering of clays so that an impromptu “oven” is created. Kathmandu, Nepal.
wooden Torana. Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Wooden struts on temple at Bhaktapur Durbar Square. Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Perched beneath a massive stone lion guardian, a Bhaktapur Newar absorbs the last rays of sunshine. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Bronze craft at the entrance of a temple. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Newar women thrashing wheat. Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal
Newar women thrashing wheat. Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal
Newar women thrashing wheat. Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal
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