MENOUFIA, Egypt, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- In the village of Gris, located in Egypt's Menoufia Governorate, just north of Cairo, 60-year-old Hassan Naser worked diligently at his potter's wheel, crafting a pigeon nest in a small workshop crowned with a large, traditional muddy oven.
Naser shared with Xinhua that the craft of pottery had been passed down through generations in his family for over 150 years. The majority of Gris's residents, whose primary sources of income are pottery-making and agriculture, have been engaged in this time-honored tradition for generations, striving to keep their ancestral craft alive.
