The technique of using Nanglo to separate such dust particles is locally known as Niffanne, Kelaune, Batasne, Hamkaune. For ages, it has been a very handy tool in Nepalese kitchen. But, in today’s century, where shopping mall trend is increasing in Nepal, and competition is growing day by day, people from developed part of the country follow less of the so called ‘Nanglo Tradition’, since the quality of food is improving tremendously. However, they still use it for drying food in the sun.
Nanglo is a local handicraft and is made up of bamboo. In the first picture, you can see a lady who uses it to display her goods for sale. This is a common scene in streets of Nepal. It is the second picture, where you will be able to see Nanglo more clearly.
Nice article on "nanglo". I was googling "winnowing" and went through Wikipedia and other articles. I remember we used "nanglo" as a winnowing fan for separating dust from rice grains (dhan battaune: धान बत्ताउने) in my village. In developed world winnowing is done by machines, but in the villages of Nepal, people still use nanglo for this purpose. I think the nanglo used in Nepal is the most artistic manual winnowing fan available in world history. Nanglo has multiple other uses in traditional Nepalese kitchen including separating husk from rice ("चामल केलाउने"). It is good that it also used in nepalese cities but for different purposes like displaying goods by street vendors as shown in the first picture above.
ReplyDeleteThankyou so much for your input. Indeed it has great uses, next time I get back home i am taking all pictures as finding them on net is not exactly possible.
DeleteThanks so much for your contribution!
ReplyDeleteThe world is loosing its roots so quickly. It might be nice to show or teach to knot them.
Thanks so much for your contribution!
ReplyDeleteThe world is loosing its roots so quickly. It might be nice to show or teach to knot them.