Interesting Facts About Nepalese Wood Crafts

 Nepal is known for being the home of Mt. Everest. Aside from this, this landlocked nation is also a haven of cultural treasures and artifacts. Among them are beautiful wood carvings that you can see nearly in every populated location in the country. They adorn entrances of temples, palaces, and even in very old public establishments that are centuries old. Even Nepalese homes, most of which are purely made of wood, have carvings on its facade and interiors.

HandMade Crafts: A Boon To Nepalese Society In recent years Nepal’s economy has faced turbulent times and one of the industries that have helped it to stay afloat is handicrafts industry. It cannot simply be defined as what Handmade Crafts is. In the context of Nepal, handmade crafts is more than an industry as the…

Wood Carvings For many centuries, camphor laurel or Cinnamomum camphora has been used in making furniture and decorative ornaments in Asia. It was primarily used for making sacred items for solemn ceremonies. In fact, this durable hardwood was so valuable in some Oriental countries that cutting this kind of tree merits a death sentence. Today,…