Giving a go-by to the craze for gold and diamond jewellery, a newly married couple here exchanged wedding vows wearing ornaments crafted from coconut shells. KOCHI: Giving a go-by to the craze for ...

Like the old idiom goes — one man’s trash is another man’s fortune. Murage Ngare is keeping true to this adage by making a living out of ornaments fashioned from discarded coconut shells. The ...

Murage Ngare works on a coconut's shell at his workshop at Kabati Village in Kieni, Nyeri County where he specialises in making ornaments. PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD Since 1990, Murage Ngare of ...

Coconut shells are a great material for handicrafts, and objects made from coconut shells are a more sustainable alternative to those made out of ceramic. The handicraft sector has always created ...

KOCHI: The coconut tree is a part of the Indian landscape. It is intrinsically interwoven with everything we do and plays an important role in numerous customs and traditions. To understand this is to ...