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State the reason why the little girl didn't disclose her fascination with pot making?

Sentila,we should say is a girl who didn't lost hope after so much discrimination by her parents
regarding pot making. Sentila's parents were of the view that she should learn weaving instead of
pot making as being stated by Arenla{Sentila's Mother) pot making was a very hard thing to do as
they should walk 16 km far away from home to the Lithu ,climb down till the riverbank and collect
the red and grey clay to make the pots.Not only that ,but they should climb up and walk the same
16 km to reach their home with loads of clays loaded in their head. Moreover, men didn't help the
women in any way as per the 'tradition' ,pot making was separately for women and not men.
Additionally, the hard thing was that they could not bear when they pound the stubborn clay inside
bamboo cylinders to soften it and also their left hands going numb from holding it inside the moist
clay.
The were very less profit in pot making and when we compare that to weaving, one earns very
less.In order to avoid from back aches and severe pain , Sentila's mother prevented her from pot
making but she didn't disclose her fascination to it because she was very firm in her decision. Pot
making was a dream job to her and letting that go was out of question.Rather ,though her mother
didn't teach her the way to make pots, she started making pots on her own,at first without any
assistance.

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