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Hao Crafts Society is a collective of young tribal artisans from Manipur engage in making traditional black pottery known as longpi pottery. This pottery is traditionally practiced by the Tangkhul Naga tribes of the Ukhrul district Manipur. The objective of Hao Crafts is to promote traditional crafts of Manipur, and create sustainable income opportunities for the local youth.

The pottery has a rich black texture and is made by crushing weather rock / serpentinite (a soft, dark greenish rock) and clay ( dark brownish stiff sticky earth ) available in Longpi Village in Manipur. There is no use of the wheel, the products are shaped by hand. The powder weather rock /serpentinite and clay are mixed together and made into dough which is then flattened out on a wooden late and moulded by hand to make a variety of objects. In some cases wooden and bamboo poles are also used to shaoe objects. The products are then polished and incised by skilled artisans with the help of bamboo blade.