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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
electric wheel and the other was the kind of wheel
where you had to use your foot to spin it. He ex-
plained 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
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machine mixes the mud and water to turn them into
Trip to Thimi the perfect type of clay. Awesome isn't it?
After going a little further, there was a huge
oven to dry the pots. We interviewed one of the
villagers 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
In term II, we were learning about the pottery but at a reasonable price. I bought a horse
Newars. So, we took a trip to Potter's village (Thi- desktop statue. My mother got a big Buddha head
mi) to learn about the occupations of Newars. My monument and two small cooking clay pots.
mother also volunteered for the trip. As we went on After that, we walked to Madhyapur Mask Store.
the bus, we ran into a very long traffic jam. Every We saw how the masks are made from black clay. I
5-10 minutes our bus went forward and stopped bought a Bhairav mask with a magnet. My mother
again. After around 1 hour, we finally reached the bought a Kumari and a Ganesh mask. We piled into
village. As we entered the village, it was quiet and the bus and went back to school.
peaceful. The name of the place was “Dui nani This was a very memorable trip for me and I
chowk”. We saw many clay pots drying in the sun. will remember it for the rest of my life!
It looked black in color at first.
First, we observed how the Potters dry the - Noah Ivan Chettri
म हँ प्रजापति
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म ्ाङचेन प्रजापति हुँ । 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 प्रजापति
