#Payar

Sanjib Chaudharysankuchy@mstdn.social
2023-12-05

Visiting Eastern Nepal's Labipur Village last November was an experience extraordinaire for me. I came across many traditional Tharu houses with exquisite #MokhaArt around the doors and windows.

Sadly, similar artworks called #Payar have almost vanished from my village as people are resorting to replacing the traditional mud-walled houses with concrete ones.

Here's how the Tharu women, artists without any formal education in arts, create these beautiful designs:

globalvoices.org/2023/12/01/as

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