Traditional Pottery Making System and Sustainable Practice: A Study among Oman and India

Abstract

Pottery is an eco-friendly small scale cottage base industry of India and Omen countries. And there is much evidence that potters were recognized as the first engineers in human civilization. Both nations has great history about the traditional pottery. These pots have been made since ancient times and although many alternative have come into the market, but no one has been able to replace this ancient art.

Historical evidence suggests that pottery making has been around since 4000 years in Oman. Omani artists has also shown interest in pottery because of it multiple source of development, and the availability of sufficient space and rich soil also encouraged such industries, such as potters. Even India also practice same kind of many uses. Traditional Omani cooking utensils are made of two types one is tea and coffee pots locally known as Al Dallah, second type of food storage vessels such as milk pots, jars, halwa vessals and big jars to preservation of the date fruits locally known as Al Khuroos.

The research paper concentrated to present issues and challenges of pottery makers at Omen and India, because both nations are pivotal history on pottery. In addition, in the modern era how old-style pottery system are sustain? By the competition of metal and plastic products. Particularly concentrated on Andhra Pradesh pottery (South part of India), predominantly research location is Naidupalem village (Nellore district-Near Bay of Bengal Sea). Whereas an Omen pottery locations are Bahla, Nizwa city and the southern region of Dhofar. We are depends on primary and secondary data an anthropological and sociological perspective.