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Here's how the Tharu women, artists without any formal education in arts, create these beautiful designs:
When the ponds start drying, they dig the sticky clay from the bottom of the pond. Mixing it with cow dung and rice bran, they daub the walls with a layer of straw and the clay mixture. Applying layers of clay, they come up with intricate designs -- floral and geometric patterns, parrots and peacocks, elephants and horses, among many other beautiful motifs. Tharu women in Eastern Nepal's Sunsari and Morang districts mix a bit of jute in the clay mixture before creating the designs. This ingenious idea stops them from cracking in the future. When the design dries, they apply a layer of white clay to it. Then they use natural colours to give them a facelift. Adding a little milk to the colours ensures they don't wear off quickly. |
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| Author | Sanjib Chaudhary |
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