Posted 04 Jan 2021
Bhim Lal Maharjan, an 81-year-old resident of the ancient town of Khokana in southern Lalitpur, harks back to the good old days when he used to carry a kharpan (a bamboo pole to carry goods by balancing it on the shoulder of the carrier) carrying mustard oil and roam around the Kathmandu Valley.
“I used to go around Patan area to trade the oil,” he recalls, “Some would buy the oil and some used to exchange that with mustard seeds. It was always profitable.” However, Maharjan’s family has already discontinued the lucrative trade. His sons are involved in different professions.
Khokana’s name has always been associated with the production of mustard oil for centuries. But, a very few today are involved in the home-based industry these days. Nevertheless, the traditional identity of the town has not been overshadowed by modernisation and urbanisation yet as in the cases of sukuls of Siddhipur and pyangs of Pyang-gaun. Only the mode of production has changed.
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