leads to village that is apparently adjacent to the city. but the locals know that is the village of mandingonabad. mend is one of the most famous villages in gonabad. it's a village with a long history in crafting, colorful and ornamented pottery. motives that represent the culture, thoughts and customs of the people of this region. in not a very distant past, most of these people were engaged in pottery. those people used to be called dashgar. dashgar meant crocker or potter or anyone whose job was to make clay dishes. most of the potters in men have inherited this art from their fathers. some of them have become masters in the field as a result of strenuous effort. in the past, clay dishes. were widely used in people's lives, however, with the advent of porcelin and machine assisted pottery, the market for conventional pottery and production of consumable dishes lost its prosperity. as a result, the number of workshops gradually declined, but those who are reluctant to let the art slip into oblivion tried hard to preserve the poter. of mend and its exquisite ornaments. the sun and fish motive i