Jitendra Thapa . A cap on the head. White fluffy hairs are visible from the outside of the cap. Aranrya Baje's daily life is to invent various dishes with a hammer in hand along with her eight-year-old grandson. Everyone in the village knows him as Aranya Baje because he works in the Aran. But his name is Raghe Luwar. Thattikandh Rural Municipality-2 Tomtalla, Dailekh.
Even if he reaches 77 years of age, he should remain in the status of Luwar Yuva based on his work. On days when he is not in Aran, all work comes to a standstill. Even at this age, he has no problem staying in Aran. Suffering happens when you burn in the flames of hunger and finally have to satisfy yourself with the crops.
He says that even though he stays in Aran day and night, Aran profession is not becoming professional as expected, so the profession is getting overshadowed. "In the morning, I gather with the Rooster Dako," he says, "When I gather in invention, only the skin of the body ripens." At the time of eating, one should satisfy one's appetite.
Luwar gets busy making utensils for the whole village. However, you don't get a salary like busyness. You have to be satisfied with the crop itself. After many political changes in the country, it is said that the level of social consciousness has risen in Nepal, but in Thatikandh Rural Municipality of Dailekh, Bali tradition is still there.
Professional not Aaron Pesa
About one and a half hundred families in Thattikandh Rural Municipality and other districts earn their living by plowing. Day and night, they invent various utensils by roasting them with fire iron and jiu. Instead of wages, in the end, they go home to ask for the crops they have worked with, carrying sacks on their shoulders. "It worked first, and then you have to go from house to house to harvest the same crop," says Luwar.
Young people are not interested in pursuing traditional professions as Arana profession is not professional. Most of the youth are now migrating abroad. On the other hand, Luwar, whose age has taken a toll, is of the opinion that Aran will not leave his profession until he is bedridden.
Declining youth interest
As it becomes difficult to earn a living by doing aran, the interest of the young generation in aran is decreasing. As the young people look down on it and even the old people get only crops for (bare) labor, it has not been able to generate a steady income. That's why the aversion of the youth towards Aran Pesa is alive. Luwarka complains that he has to embrace this profession even in his old age as he does not own food, food and shelter. However, he has saved a family of 10-12 people from this profession. There is no other option for this profession as there is no other skill to do business.
Five hundred household utensils
Luwar makes pottery for about 500 households from wards 1 and 2 of Thattikandh Rural Municipality. "I get up at five o'clock in the morning," he narrated his daily life, "When one person makes 10 to 12 sickles, spades and other utensils, it is hardly 12 o'clock. I sit down to eat, but I don't feel like eating. I will get up again and sit on Aran.'
Aran expresses his pain that when he does not work, he does not hear the thunder of the evening and the morning, and that he does not get the wages according to his hard work. "Earlier, Baubaje used to do it. At that time I was working in Sahuco. My father died when I was fifteen or sixteen. He left his job as a moneylender and chose his father's profession. Now, because this profession is not professional, young people are not interested.
Jobs in crisis due to lack of coal
Lately, this profession has started to face a crisis after they stopped getting even the charcoal required for Aran. Aran businessmen say that the profession is in crisis after the trees and forests needed for coal are becoming inaccessible.
Bhote Luwar, another aran businessman, says that if they manage modern aran instead of Koirala, they will be very comfortable. "If the local, state or federal government provides modern aran and related skills for us to make a living by doing aran, it would be easier to make a living."
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