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It's a place where all the cooking take place

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Resource #: 68870 (URL for reference)

  • Hearth stone (English )

Tibet and Himalayas: Starting a Fire, Bhutan Cultural Library

Location: Jigme (Latitude: 26.951394; Longitude: 89.241783)

Description:

by Kencho Wangmo

The stone hearth which is common in all the households. it's a place where all the cooking take place both during the festival as well as other days. It's made of three stones placed on the ground. The image is taken during the Doyas first night of new year festival and is called the Lue festival. During the particular festival they to make torma (ritual cake) out of the foxtail millet and the head of the family make the offering.

Associated Resources

This resource was provided by Shejun (Documentation of Bhutan's Oral Cultures sponsored by Arcadia). The copyright holder is Shejun (only private uses permitted).

Resource type: Image

Photographer: Monika Subba

Photograph Date: 23/Sep/2014

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