Overview

  • Duration 04 hrs
  • Activities Pottery
  • Trip Type Solo / Group
  • Best Time All around the year
  • Start/End KTM/KTM
  • Location Bhaktapur
  • Language English
  • Hotel Pickup Available

Bhaktapur, A city with meticulously architectural structure and traditional handmade dexterity. This Smallest district of the country offers a wide range of traditional art and architecture, significant historical monuments, Idiosyncratic craftwork, splendid windows, pottery and weaving industries, beautiful ponds, rich local customs, culture, religion, festivals, temples,and other-worldly music.

When it comes to the evolution of the human race, different practices of living style are considered and it’s ontic existence are verified. People around the world have their historical foundation of vital activities varied from community to community and their ethnic practices for carrying out regular activities from Waking up in the morning to sleeping at night as such humans have evolved technology and production in a very fast pace leaving behind the knowledge, skills and traditional ideas for manufacturing it. Pottery making experience in Bhaktapur preserves an ancestral practice for manufacturing beautiful clay products like artistic vessels, ceramic materials etc. The manufacturing process begins with the raw clay kept on a circular wheel known as chakra and maintaining the desired shapes by insulating it to a high temperature in the knilt and eventually rising temperature leads the transformation to rigid object. The pottery making in Nepal can be traced back nearly 2600 years in Lumbini and has been an integral part of living since then.

Highlights

  • Experience the traditional Pottery making skills ; honoring the inherent skills of Local people
  • Supporting and Empowering Locals; Get the knowledge of Ancient tools and techniques of Handmade dexterity
  • Exploring culture and enhancing creativity;provides opportunity for connection
  • A balanced tour of Bhaktapur city exploring Newa community culture and indegenous lifestyle
  • Tour can be made private (at additional cost)

Additional Information

  • pottery making requires vigorous practice for some days so if you want to learn it in a more specific manner, we can manage it accordingly.
  • If you want to take material that you create it takes 2 days to form its shape during summer and 3 days in winter so make sure you can separate ample days to carry out this activity.
  • We encourage you to buy the products because this helps to generate revenue and encourage local people, it is worthy for decoration, gifts, souvenirs and most importantly scribble memories of Nepal in your travel diaries.
  • It requires permit to get entrance in UNESCO listed,National World heritage site

Includes

  • Pickup and drop off service
  • An English speaking guide for facilitating you throughout Pottery experience.
  • Necessary items for workshop

Excludes

  • Expenses for buying goods
  • Food and beverages
  • Tips and gratiuties
  • Permit for World heritage site

Itinerary

  • Pickup

    You will be picked up from your respective hotels.


  • Stop At: Pottery square, Bhaktapur

    The prajapati family of Bhaktapur who are only allowed to dig black clay which is known as god of clay “DYO CHA” and one who runs  the forefather occupation welcomes you wholeheartedly to demonstrate their indegenous skills at potter’s square.


  • Drop off:

    After completion of an activity, We will be heading back to our respective hotels.


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