कार्तिक ११ गते, २०८१ मा प्रकाशितSun, 27 October 2024
Sunsari, Oct.27: The ancestral profession of the Kumal community has started to face extinction with the development of modernity and the use of electric equipment.
Pottery making, which is the main occupation of the Kumal Community, has started to face a crisis recently due to the increasing use of electric equipment.
A 25-year-old Binod Pandit of Inaruwa-2, headquarters of Sunsari district, said that the traditional pottery-making business is facing extinction as various pottery made by kneading mud has been becoming less common during the festival.
He said that the only target of people of the Kumal community is to make earthenware easily available, however, due to excessive use of electronic materials, sales have come down in comparison to previous years.
He said that the Kumal community has been making earthenware such as diya, and pots targeting Dipawali, and Chhath, however, due to increasing usage of electric diya, and twinkling electric fairy lights, many of our community are feeling anxious about their decreasing market base.
Clay is prepared two weeks in advance since raw clay is used to make pots.
Pandit said that the materials made from clay are not sold as expected and there is no income, so he started choosing an alternative profession.
“In the past years, there was a good income from the pottery, but now there has been a decrease in sales and there has also been a decrease in use”, he said.
According to the Pandit, there is a problem because soil is not available nearby and even pots made by purchasing soil from far away at Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 per tractor are not being sold.
In the past, people could make a comfortable living and send their children to school through the sale of earthware. However, it has become difficult to manage households because of decreased sales.
In the past, the Kumal community used to sell pottery and provide good education to their children. Pandit said that it is now becoming a problem to manage household expenses.
Aged people are still sticking to their age’s long tradition. But, the youth are choosing the alternative path.
Previously, a family used to sell up to Rs 500,000 by selling clay lamps.
A local salesman Pandit said that it takes a week to sell lamps worth Rs 100,000, and the family earning is limited to Rs 100,000 a year.
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