Samarin Solangi of Mohenjo Daro, who also makes the soil 'gold'

 Samarin Solangi of Mohenjo Daro, who also makes the soil 'gold'

Samarin Solangi of Mohenjo Daro, who also makes the soil 'gold'

When  the Samreen Solangi was born, her grandmother said to that, "This is a girl with golden fingers."

And when Samarin put his hands in the mud, he really turned it into gold.

Samreen Solangi Moin lives in Haji Lal Bakhsh Sheikh, a village near Daro. They make ornaments from clay and moin that are made in the style of statues and seals from Daro.

The uncle and father of 20-year-old Samreen Solangi also used to make art in the style of monks, dancers, seals and elephants recovered from Daro. He learned the trade from his father, a junior employee in the archeology department

Samreen says that she was fond of making things from clay since her childhood, so she did not go to school and started this work, now she can make everything. 

River soil

Haji Lal Bakhsh Sheikh village is the  located near of  the Indus River from where they bring clay. The soil is  the first dried, then coated and finely ground. Fine soil is called stomach. According to  the Samarin, after removing the stomach, water is added to the remaining soil and it is kneaded while the stomach is mixed with it.

They have the form of a monk or king priest, while the rest of the items are made by hand, which are made and kept for drying. They dry in one to one and a half days in summer and in two to three days in winter.

 Muddy Water into a Soil

Earthenware

The tradition of the making and wearing jewelry from clay, which was the  centuries old from Moin to Daro, has been recently been revived. They are now being made in the  several countries, including India.

Samreen Solangi says the Sindh Roll Support Organization, an NGO, trained her to make jewelery. He had about ten girls with him in the three-day training and out of them Samarin has cooked this idea in his mind like clay. She makes earrings, earrings and other jewelry from clay. They don't have any special tools to make them. They have a broken knife, a ballpoint case and a box with which to make rounds.

"First I make the curls and the top grinder. After that I make a lower copy and design it with a pan. I combine these two parts and leave it to dry. Then I add dung and cook it. In the morning it is ready.

All kinds of colors are used on these earthenware ornaments, but silver and gold are more popular, especially on earrings. According to Samarin, after applying the first golden color, it is filled with red and green colors which makes it look attractive.

Samreen Solangi of Mohenjodaro

'Corona attracted to social media'

Dalin Moin, a dal of Samreen Solangi's house, was associated with tourists visiting Daro who have been affected by Corona. She says that tourists used to come less in summer and more in winter but due to Corona, tourists have stopped coming here, due to which her idols and seals etc. were not sold.

Aqsa Shoro, a student from Sukkur, helped Samreen Solangi and introduced her to social media, which made her craft popular and she is getting orders for pottery jewelery.

"We are Baba's sons"

Samreen Solangi's father's talent is also inherited from his generation. She says she has six sisters but no brothers. 'Brother is lacking, brother is lacking, we think that we are sons for Baba and we do the same thing as sons. Baba has never let a son be lacking. From this point of view, daughters are also sons

Samreen's father is not in good spirits. He does not work, but helps his daughters in this skill. Samreen and his sisters take care of him. She wakes up early in the morning and sometimes starts making idols and seals from clay. It takes an hour to make a jhumka. The price of each jhumka is Rs. " Income was the  just a living because in the form of   addition to rations, you have to the buy packaging in addition to colors and other goods.

When I found out from Samarin what is his dream or desire? So he smiled as usual and said that I have no desire. I asked if something would happen then he smiled once and said that I want to see my family and friends happy.