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pots. As we went further into the village, we inter-
viewed a potter named Ramesh Prajapati. He said
there are two kinds of potter wheels. One was the elec-
tric wheel and the other was the kind of wheel where
you had to use your foot to spin it. He explained the
process of making pots. Some of us also got to make
a pot, using the wheel. Next, we went to see how they
put the pottery into a huge furnace! On the way, we
saw machines to mix clay. First, they put mud and wa-

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mud and water to turn them into the perfect type of
Trip to Thimi clay. Awesome isn't it?

After going a little further, there was a huge
oven to dry the pots. We interviewed one of the villag-
ers who was using the oven. Then we went to a temple
where there was a shed. We ate our lunch. After lunch,
we entered a pottery store with amazing pottery but
In term II, we were learning about the at a reasonable price. I bought a horse desktop stat-
Newars. So, we took a trip to Potter's village (Thimi) ue. My mother got a big Buddha head monument and
to learn about the occupations of Newars. My moth- two small cooking clay pots.
er also volunteered for the trip. As we went on the After that, we walked to Madhyapur Mask Store. We
bus, we ran into a very long traffic jam. Every 5-10 saw how the masks are made from black clay. I bought
minutes our bus went forward and stopped again. a Bhairav mask with a magnet. My mother bought a
After around 1 hour, we finally reached the village. Kumari and a Ganesh mask. We piled into the bus and
As we entered the village, it was quiet and peace- went back to school.
ful. The name of the place was “Dui nani chowk”. This was a very memorable trip for me and I
We saw many clay pots drying in the sun. It looked will remember it for the rest of my life!
black in color at first.
First, we observed how the Potters dry the - Noah Ivan Chettri

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म हँ प्रजापति

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म ्ाङचेन प्रजापति हँ । म आफनो पररिारसँग ितिपुरको
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चोपाचोमा बस् । मेरो पररिारमा म, आमा, बुबा र िाइ गरी चार जना
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्ौँ । हामी मा्टाको िा्डा बनाउने काम ग्यौं। हामीले मा्टाको काम गनदाका
ँ
लातग हररससछधिबा्ट मा्टो ल्ाउँ्ौँ । ल्ाएको मा्टालाई कछहले हािले र
े
कछहले खुट्ाले मुछ्ौँ । फरर त्स मा्टालाई हामीसँग िएको पेलने मेससनमा
राखेर पेल्ौँ । पेलेको मा्टो नरम हुन् अपन त्समा हामी अललअलल पानी
हाली ्ोपेर राख्ौँ । त्सबा्ट अललकति मा्टो पनकालेर तबजुलीबा्ट घुमने
चककामा राख्ौँ । त्ो चकका घुमन थालेपछ् तबसिाररै आफनो हािले आकार
द्दने काम ग्यौं। त्समा हािले नरै बुट्ा हालने काम ग्यौं। ्सरी ि्ार
िएको मा्टाका सामग्ीलाई आधा द्दन घाममा सुकाउँ्ौँ । घाममा राखेपछ्
त्सलाई परालको थुप्रामा राखेर भित्रबा्ट आगो बाल्ौँ । कही द्दनपछ्
े
त्ो पोलेको मा्टाका सामग्ी पनकाल्ौँ र बजारमा लगेर बेच्ौँ । ्सबा्ट
आएको परैसाले घरमा चाछहने सामान छकनेर घर चलाउँ्ौँ । ्ो काम हामी
सबरै पररिार भमलेर ग्यौं।

- ्ाङचेन िारा लामा