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Place of drying vegetables

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Resource #: 68890 (URL for reference)

  • Loo and chapshing (English )

Tibet and Himalayas: Bamboo Pen, Bhutan Cultural Library

Location: Jigme (Latitude: 26.951039; Longitude: 89.242428)

Description:

by Kencho Wangmo

A loo(bamboo mat) and chapshing(bamboo support) used to dry vegetables over the stone hearth. The vegetables get dried from the smoke that are produced from the stone hearth.

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: 24/Sep/2014

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