pot moulding

making water pots by clay soil, this is usually done every end of the year whereby women from various villages join up and set to the areas rich of clay soil,"anywang" they excavate and carry the soil in traditionally wooven baskets called "adita" this soil is mixed with water and mixed to get the exact texture, harder than dough, then moulding of the prepared soil into different sizes and decor ,put to open air to dry ,after two days the pots are arranged in a furnace to be burnt to harden, the product is awesome.

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