Baglung : President Ramchandra Paudel has been gifted an artistic object, ‘buttenali’. It is a stick carved with artistic designs and used for souvenir. It is made of local product, bamboo and rattan.
The buttenali was handed over to President Paudel by Chairman of the Tribhuvan Secondary School, Ram Bahadur KC, amidst a programme on Thursday. The President arrived in Baglung to address the diamond jubilee celebration programme.
The school chairman gifted the buttenali in a symbolic campaign of protecting and promoting culture. The object carries some 200-year-old tradition. It has the designs of gods, birds and various other things imprinted.
KC, however, expressed worry that the buttenali, once the identity of Baglung district, is gradually fading because of declining number of people skilled at preparing it.
Chairman KC informed that the gift would help make Baglung known to other districts, reflecting art and culture. The handover of such unique gift to the Head of State would give more visibility, he believed. It is a token of love.
