Image title: Thakala copper pitchers

The small copper pitchers for offering water to God.

The text in Devanagari reads:

पानी चढाउन प्रयोग गरिने साना साना गाग्रिहरु.

Transliteration (IAST):

pānī caḍhāuna prayoga garine sānā sānā gāgriharu.

Plain text (initially IAST, brackets indicate Hunterian):

pani cadhauna prayoga [prayog] garine sana sana gagriharu.

Gallery information:

The Thakali people are an indigenous ethnic group from Nepal whose rise of power can be dated to the mid-19th century. The Thakalis originate from Thak Khola, north-west of Pokhara, western Nepal. Thy are primarily Buddhist practitioners. The Thakali language represents a branch of the Tibet-Barman family, related to languages such as Gurung and Magar.