1.0ICH NGO Forumhttps://www.ichngoforum.org/fr/ICH NGO Forumhttps://www.ichngoforum.org/fr/author/maxichngo/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PIXJjmyh6U"><a href="https://www.ichngoforum.org/fr/experience-sur-le-terrain/dokra-inde/">Dokra, Inde</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ichngoforum.org/fr/experience-sur-le-terrain/dokra-inde/embed/#?secret=PIXJjmyh6U" width="600" height="338" title="« Dokra, Inde » — ICH NGO Forum" data-secret="PIXJjmyh6U" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.ichngoforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ichngoforum-experience-on-the-ground-dokra.jpg1280720Dokra is an age-old craft of lost-wax metal casting used to handcraft figurines, deities, decorative pieces, jewelry, and pots, practiced by specific ethnic communities in the village of Bikna in West Bengal, India. The hamlet consisting of 60 Dokra artist households who settled here in the 1960s is now an active cultural destination for buyers, tourists, and students which can partly be attributed to the acquisition of a Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2018.