From the archive record
Handmade Paper Factory in Bhutan: laying sheets out to dry. Jungshi means a 'Natural'. The handmade paper making begins to find its place as the most important part of Bhutanese culture and tradition. The paper making first began as a domestic occupation and still preserved to fill these days. Raw Materials used 1. Bark from a Daphne Papyri era sief-Thymalae-ceae (3000ft and above) 2. Bark from an Edgeworthia papyri era sief plant- (Japanese-Misumata) same family grows at the altitude of 1500m and below. 3. Nature given flora as additional go between ingredients like flowers, leaves, fern leaves, etc for making decorative design paper. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from So