Manipur maps craft zones for stronger focus on art forms
The Hindu
The art forms include water fibre craft and black earthenware without using a potter’s wheel
Longpi, a village in Manipur’s Ukhrul district has lent its name to black earthenware crafted by the Tangkhul community without using a potter’s wheel. The GI-tagged and usually diaphanous Manipuri half sari called ‘moirang phee’ is similarly named after Moirang village from where it originated.
On the other hand, Thangjam Leikai in the Imphal East district derived its name from ‘thang’, meaning knife, making it the State’s go-to locality for kitchen knives, garden implements and other agricultural tools.
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