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Morang. Homanath Baraili of Belbari Municipality-11, Laxmimarg, has been carving various statues on wood for the past 3 decades. He says that he is not very satisfied with this profession lately. Baraili says that he is becoming frustrated after handicrafts stopped getting a fair price.
Baraili says that the demand for domestic handicrafts has decreased with the import of handicraft materials from abroad and the increasing business in the plastic materials market. His father, Dilliman Baraili, used to carve various metal statues and statues. Homanath said that he too got into this profession from a young age due to his influence.
‘Earlier, there was a lot of demand for handicrafts, and along with his father, his brother Jhamak was also involved in the same profession. This was how the family made a living,’ he said.
Local wood is used to make various wooden items, including doors for houses and temples, statues, window frames, window sills, railings, Bhaktapure doors, etc. Bareili says that it takes at least two months to make a Bhaktapur door, but customers are not willing to pay the price that is appropriate for the skill and time.
According to him, the cost of a single door frame is around 150,000. ‘If local wood and handicrafts were used in government buildings, public buildings, monasteries and other places, our art would not have died,’ said Bareili.
Bareli says that there is growing concern that this profession will not be able to continue in the coming days. Belbari Municipality Mayor Dil Prasad Rai says that if the import of plastic materials is reduced, domestic handicrafts will gain value.
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