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Traditional Dashain House Decoration Practices Fade in Dhankuta

The custom of using red mud, white clay, and resin to restore homes during Dashain is declining.

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  1. 0:01Traditional Dashain house painting customs are
  2. 0:03changing in Dhankuta
  3. 0:06Bada Dashain festivities have begun across
  4. 0:08villages with shopping and elders' blessings
  5. 0:12However the practice of decorating homes
  6. 0:14with red and white clay
  7. 0:16is declining
  8. 0:18Locals traditionally used natural pine resin
  9. 0:20along with clay to repaint walls
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