Kangdi

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Kangdi is a traditional earthen fire pot from Kashmir. The climate being cold in Kashmir, people have devised different means to remain warm in winters.
Phiran is a long woolen gown people usually wear in winters over their normal dress, which is also warm, obviously. To keep the inside of the Phiran warm, a fire-pot made of clay, known as MANANN, was used a couple of decades ago.
Having no insulation on its handles(made of clay only) it was sort of inconvenient to use. Kangdi is a modified version of the same Manann. It has a semi spherical clay pot covered with willow rushes all over it. It has handles made of the same rushes.Inside the pot you have hot burning coals that keeps you warm throughout the day.
Keeping one hand inside the Phiran holding Kangdi and doing the daily chores with the other is a common sight of a Kashmiri you wll come across everywhere during winters. Media:kangdi.jpg

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