Pomaire is a small village of potters, belonging to the Commune Melipilla , 50 kilometers west of Santiago . Its population is 10,000 inhabitants. Pomaire The name is of uncertain origin. Language could come Cunza pumarara meaning 'attacker' or 'robber' or the Quechua puma, meaning 'lion' or 'lion', and the Aymara ire , indicating plural