Friday, 20 November 2015

Famous handcrafted potteries Longpi ham

Longpi is well-known for years old pottery producing locally identified Longpi Ham. It is considered that Longpi ham used to be the key cooking utensil among the Tangkhuls before the arrival of aluminum containers. Longpi ham as of today has attained national and international fame. Longpi pottery is one distinctive art where the potters do not use the potter's wheel.


Longpi ham is prepared from a blended paste of ground black serpentine stone and special brown clay. As claimed by the locals, the clay is available to only Longpi village.

Longpi ham a well-known Manipuri Pottery

No comments:

Post a Comment