Case study of Nepal Arts & Crafts

Nepal is also well known for various crafts.  Traditional skills like wood-carving have been handed down for centuries in the Kathmandu Valley. 
Handmade wood-carving, stone masonry, pottery, painting from artisans, carpet weaving and ornament making also hold important place in Nepal's Arts & Crafts.

Nepal has an abundance of temples and palaces, art and crafts History. At Present there are skilled craftsmen in Nepal who can make equally beautiful woodcarvings and intricate statues. In fact, wood-carving forms an integral part in the culture of Nepal. In the Kathmandu Markets there are a places where you can buy the innumerable handicraft items that Nepali people produces.

Nepal's temples and statues of gods, and other figures reflect the  glorious past when art flourished in the capital city.  From the very typical households to melting iron for making the world-famous knife, Khukuri, Nepalese artists are masters of their craft. Nepal is famous for carpets, thangka (Painting of Gods) Newari woodcarving, Himalayan Nepalese paper, Tibetan handicrafta, Buddhist and Hindu statues, Mithila wall art, bamboo knitted umbrella, and for its indigenously crafted household items.

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