Crushing the clay in Krăngọ village 2/2

Once dried, the clay is crushed into a fine powder. Ma Ly shows us how this was done In the past : the caly would be spread on the floor and hammered using a long stick called "gai pang u" (lit. Stick to smash clay). The potter would kneel on the floor and smash the stick on the clay to crush it. The action to smash is called "pang" in the Koho language. The clay is then sifted to keep only the powder. The rest is hammered a second time. This is repeated until all the clay is reduced into powder. In the past, several houses would gather to hammer clay together. These are clearly happy memories for Ma Ly.