What are the proper uses of handmade paper products in Nepal?
The people of Nepal use natural paper in their daily life for writing valuable legal documents and making sacred masks. Since the handmade Nepali paper is renowned for its exceptional durability and for its lively and special texture, it was in regular use to write manuscripts and printing of sacred texts in Nepal and Tibet. [[Back To Top]] • What is the making procedure of handmade paper? The bark from Daphne cannabina or Daphne Papyracea ” Lokta” in the local language, is the raw material used. It is gathered at high altitudes in a way that preserves the fragile ecology of Nepalese forests. Then, it is carried to villages two or three days walk down to the mountains, where the paper-makers clean and boil the bark. Beating with wooden mallets produces a pulp which is poured into wooden frames, sun dried sheets are transported to paper factories where they are dyed, stenciled, printed and transformed in to attractive products by craftsmen. [[Back To Top]] • Can you tell me the procedur
