Saturday, May 29, 2010

Day 9 - Pots and dance at Sholur


It was a bright sunny afternoon and we left for another Kota village called Sholur. Few of us were back in Ooty managing the press report, reservation confirmation etc.

The women there taught us how to move the wheel and make the pots out of mud. 3 different types of 'mud' are pounded together with water to make this peculiar 'clay'. This is a sacred process and the women bathe before beginning it. They make beautiful pots with designs as they sing as the wheel moves.

We also danced along with them. Like the Todas, even this tribe has songs for all seasons, nature and their dieties.

Something went wrong and our video did not record the clips. It was unfortunate that we had to go all over again to get this wonderful footage. But, we all enjoyed even our second trip!

1 comment:

  1. That looks like so much fun.Pottery has fascinated me ever since I came to India. I fail to understand how an insignificant lump of clay is magically transformed to something so symmetric. Would love to learn the art some day!

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