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Question
Have you seen anything made of bronze? What?
Tribal people have been using bronze to make many things for thousands of years. One wonders how they took out copper and tin from the deep mines, melted these metals, and turned them into beautiful things!
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Solution
Yes, I have seen diyas and statues made of bronze.
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