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Traditional Knowledge,Skills and Technology and their Creative Use

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The local knowledge,skill and technology that people used during the past to make their lives easier and comfortable are known as traditional knowledge,skill and technology.
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Nepal is one of the richest cultures in the world. Nepal is known as a non-stop festival’s country and living cultural museum in the world. Culture has been called ‘the way of life for an entire society’. There are more than hundred cultural practices due to the differences of caste. Hinduism and Buddhism are major religions of Nepal beside that Muslim, Christian, and other religious people also stay in Nepal. With the changing time and pace, culture is practiced by people.

In past,people use local knowledge, skill and technology to survive their lives which are called traditional knowledge, skill and technology. Likewise, bamboo hole to dry out the vegetables (gundruk), use of cow dung as firewood, use of ropes to cross the river , etc.

The importance of traditional acknowledges,skill and technology

  • It preserves our culture,tradition etc
  • It is cheaper and easily available as they're produced locally,etc
  • It completely based on Nepalese originality
  • The pride of ancestor deeds
  • Environmental friendly and durable
  • It is base for using modern technology

Cultures,traditions, and technology are being modified as per the changing pace of time.For eg: "Grinding machine" has been modified as "Mill",Tuin has been modified as the cable car,etcBut,our originality should not disappear in the name of change and modernization.

Things to remember
  • Nepali is a multicultural,multiethnic,multiracial and multilingual country.
  • The local knowledge,skill and technology that people used during the past to make their lives easier and comfortable are known as traditional knowledge,skill and technology
  • It includes every relationship which established among the people.
  • There can be more than one community in a society. Community smaller than society.
  • It is a network of social relationships which cannot see or touched.
  • common interests and common objectives are not necessary for society.
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The local knowledge,skill and technology that people used during the past to make their lives easier and comfortable is known as traditional knowledge,skill and technology.

The importance of traditional knowledge ,skill and technology are as follows:

  • They give our cultural identity
  • They arouse pride in us
  • They are highly environmentally friendly
  • They are not expensive
  • They save our investment and time
  • They help in preservation of knowledge and art

The two important of traditional knowledge skill and technology are as follows:

  • The pride of ancestor deeds
  • Preservation of tradition,culture etc

Tuin,Dhiki,kol,Okhal are the unique traditional skill and technology.

Mortar is a cup-shaped receptacle made of hard material, in which ingredients are crushed or ground, used especially in cooking or pharmacy.

Mortar is a mixture of sand and cement that are most often used to build brick or block walls.The modernization form of mortar is okhal.

The skill and technology that people used during the past to make their lives easier and comfortable are known as local technology.For example a rope used for crossing river(Tuin),grinding machine(janto) wooden machine (Dhiki) etc

The local knowledge,skill and technology that people used during the past to make their lives easier and comfortable is known as traditional knowledge,skill and technology.In ancient period,people used a piece of bamboo hole to make dry vegetable (gundruk) or some people buried in a pitch and some people used a pot.

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