Pottery Making in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (1968)

Pottery making in the Katmandu Valley is traditionally the occupation of the Newars, a Tibeto-Burman speaking people, who in the 1960s made up more than half the total population in the Valley. The Newar potter caste (Kumhale) is found especially concentrated in the town of Thimi, located about five miles east of Katmandu. The film shows a potter collecting clay, mixing it, forming pots on the wheel, working on the formed pot, adding a decorative stamp and coloring to pots, firing them, and then storing the pottery. NOTE: This video is an edited version of footage I took in the town of Thimi during the months of April and August 1968. I used an old (1937) 16mm camera without sound, and the footage was digitized by videoing it off a screen and editing it on my PC. It lacks narration and uses only free online music. But it is as far as I could get before other work intervened, and improvements will have to wait for the distant future. Suggestions are welcome. [email protected] PHOTO ALBUMS 1. Pottery Making in Thimi, Nepal (1968) https://photos.app.goo.gl/6CcTXVhVDpidEuPP6 PUBLICATIONS 1. Pottery Making in Nepal https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pQPq7swti... 2. PDFs of other publications relating to my work in Nepal are available at www.johanreinhard.net. VIDEOS (Related) 1. Wood Working (Hookah) in Nepal (1968) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IWjeYXl5K... 2. Kathmandu Valley (1971) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s3FCZvOza...