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fiogf49gjkf0d ANTIQUES, CARPETS, CLOTHING, KHUKRI KNIVES, JEWELLERY,
MASKS, SHAWLS, STATUETTES, TIBETAN ARTIFACTS AND THANGKAS
BUDDHIST PAINTING ARE SOME OF THE SOUVENIRS WHICH ARE
AVAILABLE. MOST OF THE EVERYDAY THINGS A TRAVELER MAY
REQUIRE CAN BE FOUND IN NEW ROAD KATHMANDU INCLUDING
MEDICINES.
DURBAR SQUARE IN KATHMANDU WILL GIVE THE SOUVENIR HUNTER AN
IDEA OF PRICES. IN THE CASANTAPUR CHOWK MARKET PAINTINGS
AND PAPIER MACHE MASKS CAN BE BOUGHT. THERE ARE SHOPS
CLOSE TO THE TALEJU TEMPLE. FROM DURBAR SQUARE TO
LNDRA CHOWK IS THE MAIN SHOPPING STREET. CAPS, COPPER AND
BRASS POTS, SWEATERS AND RUGS ARE SOLD.
ON THE DURBAR MARG GOING TOWARDS NARAYANHITI PALACE THERE
ARE STREET VENDORS AND JEWELLERY SHOPS, TIBETAN AND NEPALI
ANTIQUES CAN BE PURCHASED HERE ALSO HANDMADE PAPER, BLOCK
PRINTED WITH RELIGIOUS DESIGNS CAN BE BOUGHT FROM THE
COOPERATIVE SHOP
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF PATAN SOUTH EAST OF KATHMANDU THE
TIBETAN REFUGEE COOPERATIVE IN JAWALAKHEL SELLS CARPETS
WITH CHINESE AND TIBETAN DESIGNS. IN THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
AT PATA THERE ARE MANY WORKSHOPS WHERE BRONZE FIGURINES AND
WOODCARVINGS ARE MADE.
AT BHADGAON TO THE NORTH WEST OF KATHMANDU PAINTINGS CAN BE
PURCHASED AND IN THE VILLAGE OF THIMI MASKS ARE MADE AND
SOLD.
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