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>>HOST: TAKING DEEP
BREATH AND GO, HERE IS
YOUR LAPIS GALLERY
ADJUSTABLE RING. IT IS
ITEM NUMBER 289 449,
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO SHOW THIS ON YOUR TO
HAND FOR SCALE, THIS IS
A LARGER RING. IT IS A L
VERY COMFORTABLE, I CAN
PUT THIS ON ANY OF MY
FINGERS, BECAUSE THIS
ABSOLUTELY ADJUSTS IN AB
THE CLASSICAL ADJUSTMENT
STYLE. AND YOU CAN GET
BLING GUARD IF YOU WANT
TO, THEY RING WRAPS IF
YOU WANTED TO MAKE MORE
OF A CUSTOM FIT. IT IS
NICE BECAUSE YOU CAN NIC
MOVE THIS FINGER TO
FINGER, HAND-TO-HAND,
$99.05 WE HAD 800 OF
THESE, FOUR PAYMENTS OF
ABOUT $24 A MONTH. THAT
IS NOT A LOT AT ALL. IS
WITH THIS HUGE DISC OF
LAPIS, I POLISHED BEZEL
AROUND THIS, AND THE
MEDALLION, WHICH IS LIKE
A SUN BEAM, A SUN RAY, A
SUNBURST AROUND THAT SUN
BLUE SKY.
>>GUEST: I HAVE ALREADY
BEEN TO AFGHANISTAN THIS
YEAR, I WILL GO AGAIN. Y
AS I TRAVEL ON THESE
TRIPS AND I CAN TO HSN,
WE PLAN THIS WORK REALLY
FAR OUT, BECAUSE THIS IS
HIM A METAL WORK. HAND
FORGED METAL. PEOPLE
SITTING AROUND, A FIRE
AND LAYING THESE OUT, SO
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT O
WE WORK WITHOUT HSN,
WHICH IS WHAT HAS MADE W
IT SO SUCCESSFUL, IS
BRINGING THE JEWELRY TO
YOU, IS THE WORK FINE
EVENTS. BECAUSE HE EVENT
WORKED FOR IN ADVANCE, W
WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE
NEXT ROW TWO AND 3 SHOWS
ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU,
WHEN THIS GOES THIS WHEN
GOES, I DO NOT HAVE A
FACTORY I CAN RAMP UP. I
CANNOT CALL SEVERAL
FACTORIES TO REMAKE THIS.
WE HAVE ONE GROUP OF
COOPERATIVES THAT DO
THIS. THE THING ABOUT
LAPIS AS WELL, THE AREA
THAT HE LAPIS COMES THAT
FROM, THE PROVINCE, THE
MINES, THOSE MINES ARE M
IN ACCESSIBLE CERTAIN
TIMES OF THE YEAR TIMES
BECAUSE OF THE SNOW. AND
BECAUSE OF THE
TREACHEROUS WEATHER
THERE.
>>HOST: IT IS LIKELY
UPSIDE IN SIBERIA.
>>GUEST: THAT IS ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE
TO WORK FINE EVENTS FOR
THIS. YOU WILL KNOW WHEN
WE GET OUR JEWELRY, YOU
ARE NOT QUICK TO SEE IT
COMING AND GOING, YOU
WILL NOT SEE EVERYWHERE.
WE TELL YOU THE TRUTH, W
WE DO NOT HAVE 1000, WE
ONLY HAVE 800. THIS IS
ALL THERE IS AND THAT IS
ALL THERE WILL BE FOR AL
THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
>>HOST: DO NOT SHY AWAY
FROM THE SIZE, YES IT IS
A LARGER RING, GRAB THIS
BECAUSE IT IS A LARGER
RING THIS IS A BILLBOARD
RING. FROM A DISTANCE,
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE,
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE
YOU AND IT WENT TO SEE
YOUR RING FROM A
DISTANCE. WHEN THEY GET
CLOSER, THEY ARE NOT
QUICK TO BE DISAPPOINTED
BECAUSE THE QUALITY IS
THERE. THE WORKMANSHIP T
IS THERE, AND THAT IS TH
STONE, THAT BLUE, IT IS
JUST SO I CANNOT TAKE MY
EYES OFF OF THIS BLUE.
>>GUEST: WE HAVE ALL
SEEN HER THE WOMAN THAT
WALKS INTO THE ROOM YOU
LOOK AT HER JEWELRY AND
YOU ARE LIKE OH MY GOSH,
WHERE DID THAT COME WHER
FROM? THAT IS WHAT THIS
LAPIS JEWELRY DOES, THIS
IS THE JEWELRY WHEN YOU
WEAR THIS RING, YOU WALK
INTO A ROOM AND PEOPLE
IMMEDIATELY TURN AND SAY
WOW WHERE DID YOU GET
THAT QUESTION MARK YOU
GET BRAGGING RIGHTS AND
ANYTHING THAT I DO, AND
GETTING THIS TO YOU GETT
RIGHT NOW I GIVE YOU
PERMISSION TO TELL YOUR
STORIES, AND THE STORIES
OF EVERYTHING BEING
CHANGED IN THE LIVES
BEING CHANGED.
>>HOST: THIS IN
PARTICULAR HAS A PARTICU
POWERFUL STORY THE WOMAN
THAT CREATED THIS,
>>GUEST: YES, SHE IS >>
ONE OF THE WOMEN THAT IS
THE MAIN EXPORTER OF THE
THIS JEWELRY FROM
AFGHANISTAN. NOW SHE HAS
BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL WITH
BAJALIA IN HELPING BAJAL
CONVEY THE DESIGNS TO CO
THE MEN IN HER WORLD, TH
SHE NOW HASN'T PLAYED SH
HER UNCLE AND HER TWO
BROTHERS. AND THAT IS
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WOMEN
GET AN OPPORTUNITY
THEY'RE NOT JUST FOR
THEMSELVES THEREFORE
THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY, SHE
NEEDS THE HELP. WOMEN, N
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR
WOMEN TO NEGOTIATE WITH
MEN IN HER WORLD. SHE ME
HAS ENGAGED THE MEN IN
HER WORLD TO NEGOTIATE H
ON HER BEHALF. AND TRUST
ME SHE DOES A GOOD JOB
NEGOTIATING ON HER NEGOT
BEHALF AS WELL. BUT HER
FAMILY LIVES OUT NEAR FA
THE MINE, AND FOR
GENERATIONS, THEY HAVE
BEEN, THEY GREW UP
TOGETHER, THEIR
GRANDFATHERS AND GREAT
GRANDFATHERS GREW UP
TOGETHER. SHE'S ABLE TO
GIVE US LAPIS AT BETTER
PRICES THAN ANYWHERE
ELSE.
>>HOST: UNDER $100 YOU
GET THIS HUGE PIECE, SHE
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY ON
A GRANT.
>>GUEST: SHE CAME A
COUPLE OF TIMES FROM THE
STATE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE
TRAINING WOMEN ON A
REGULAR BASIS, WE WORK
WITH OTHER NONPROFITS. W
WE ARE CONSTANTLY WE ARE
GETTING INVITED TO WORK
LIKE THIS. ONE OF THE
THINGS ABOUT BAKNAZEERA
HER DAUGHTERS ARE TWO OF
THE FIRST GIRLS TO
GRADUATE FROM SCHOOLS IN
KABUL. EVER SINCE THE
TALIBAN WAS SENT OUT OF
TALIBAN WAS SENT OUT OF
KABUL ARE FIRST KABUL AR
GRADUATES ARE GRADUATING
RIGHT NOW, THIS WILL
CHANGE THE COUNTRY,
THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL.
MANY OF THEM ARE GOING M
TO FURTHER THEIR
EDUCATION, JOINING EDUCA
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