Children learning 'Company Harmala'

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Children are threading silver coins and making garlands. The participants sitting in a circle are excited. The instructor in the middle is teaching one after another how to make garlands. This scene is of the training for making jewelery 'Kampani Harmala' of Athapaharia caste, a minority living only in Dhankuta. The training has been conducted to pass on the skill of making ``Company Harmala'' of the Athapaharia caste.

18 students from different schools are participating in the training organized by our versatile school Dhankuta from Friday. Khushi Shrestha, one of the participants, said that she took skill training for the first time.

Rohit Athapahria, who was with him, expressed his happiness that he could get trained in making jewelry of his own caste. 'I had seen my mother wearing such jewelry,' he said, 'but this was the first time I got to learn how it was made.' Melina Bhujel, one of the

participants, also said that although she is a jeweler from a different community, she will learn to make garlands professionally in the future. Chandrakumari Athapaharia, a training instructor of the Athapaharia caste, who wears mekhli, seam wear, and company harmalas with jewelry, said . Saroj Bhujel, president of the school, said that the training was conducted because the originality could be overshadowed by the imported culture.

Chintan Tamang, Mayor of Dhankuta Municipality inaugurated the training. He said that culture and skills have been promoted through the training. The training for making company Harmala has been organized for the first time in the district. Coach Athapaharia said that when a daughter is born in the Kirat caste, it is customary to give a harimala in Nawaran.

He says that the company is called Harmala because it used to make garlands of coins used in the UK in the past. At least 50 coins are used to form a garland. Athapaharia said that although in the past garlands were made from real silver coins, recently silver jalap is worn.

Ishwar Thapa, Head of Household and Small Industries Office, said that skill-based businesses can be conducted through such training. Shobha Shrestha, the head of the skill department of the school, said that in the past, they have been conducting training in various endangered situations including Duna Tapri. There are companies worth 10 to 12 thousand in the market. The organizer said that by investing a maximum of 1000 rupees, the garland can be produced commercially.