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Aali | Wall niche
Details
Category: Manjush
Location: Baded, Nuh, Haryana
Cultural region: Mewat
Materials: Earth
Earth craft technique: Brick masonry, Painting
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
An aali is a wall niche which is smaller in size than aala. These aali were built on walls inside and outside of a bedroom in the house. A metal khuti (wall peg) was fixed on each side of both the aali to hang clothes.