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South India metal crafts techniques are something different from Moradabad and other metal crafts of India. However in Moradabad metal casting technique the craftsmen used to develop a mold (sancha) for production of brass, copper and aluminum handicrafts, and use this mold to reproduction of goods. While in South India they use new mold for each statue, so every piece is a master piece itself. Source - http://www.camelcraft.com/indian-handicrafts.html This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for