Firing pottery in Kon Tơ Xing village : Keeping the fire going

To light up the fire, Y Gah first light up a scrape of wood taken out of a branch that they keep in the kitchen. It is a branch of a type of pine containing essential oil, it burns well and slowly and is always used to light up the kitchen fire. She puts the lit scrape of pine under the firewood platform with three to four other pieces of firewood disposed in star. She also adds scrapes of firewood close to the pine. The help the fire lit, Y Gah uses a metal lid to ventilate it to help it catch faster.