Meenakari furniture on display Delhi Haat!

The art of coating a piece of metal with colours is known as meenakari. It was earlier invented to protect precious metals such as gold. This dying art of India has very few artists now who are called as meenakars or meena karigars. Shown here in the video are some furniture with meenakari in Delhi Haat in the capital of India.

Source - Wikipedia

The blue eye of the cow stares out into blankness while the wooden block used for the purpose must have seen much more blood-shed in the past.

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