Oil extraction with ox-driven machines was a practice quite popular in Kashmir in the olden days, with the Teeli (Wani) caste being its main practitioners.
With the invention of oil extraction machines, this tradition lost its relevance and became a thing of the past.
It is for this reason that when a clip of Ghulam Mohammed extracting oil by the traditional way was shared on Facebook, it became viral.
People also became fans of his melodious singing and many even travelled to Pampore to meet him.
While extracting oil, Ghulam Mohammad, a resident of Namblabal in Pampore, enjoys singing in chaste Kashmiri. He sings songs that say life is ephemeral and death will take one away at its own time.
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6 окт 2024
