This work. If I slip my hands, I'll cut my hands too.
In a month do sell plenty of them apa?
Not in a month, but ours is seasonally.
In the eight month of Bhutanese calender we sell the dhapas. We get only a little in a year. It take such a time.
When do people buy them? May be for rimdros (puja) they buy. Isn't it?
During Tshechu festivals they buy.
This time there may not be Tshechu festival too
This days it's a quite a while there has not been Tshechu festival
But people buy one two, one two each.
Dhapa and apart from that what else do you make apa?
Dhapa, gogo, then wine cup, all we make
More may be the dhapas?
Yes, more dhapas. Then gogo. Similar to dhapas, little gogos.
Do you see there? Above there. With the lid on. Similar to that
Must have started from your father time?
No, I learnt from others. I didn't learn from father because my father didn't know how to make them.
I learnt from a master. I went to him and learnt.
Now you are the master and he (son)
Now it's the two of us. Isn't it?
It must have been plenty of years that you have been making them? How long-
Years....It must have been 7-8 years now.
I haven't been regularly making them. Sometimes when I needed to chop woods, I did that.
In whichever thing I received money first, I did that work.
While doing dhapas work, I didn't get enough money before.
On top of that people used to take credit. Then they wouldn't pay back the money.
Left the work and did wood chopping
The price is pretty much by the way. Isn't it?
Before, the price was for the dhapa was Nu. 500, 650, 600, 700 available at that rate
Then, the price for the gogo was Nu. 300, 350. Available for that price.
You may have to buy woods?
Wood we have to look ourselves and get permit.
Please come inside.
Here too they are. I have missed them out.