Firing pottery in Phù Mỹ village : adding fuel to the fire

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:20 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen

Bùi Thị Lệ uses the embers from the pre-firing to cook rice paper (" bánh trắng"), which we ate as a snack after the firing.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

M44

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Nung gốm ở làng Phù Mỹ: thêm nhiên liệu vào ngọn lửa

Description alt

Bùi Thị Lệ dùng than hồng từ quá trình nung sơ để nấu bánh tráng (bánh trắng) mà chúng tôi ăn như một món ăn nhẹ sau khi nung.

Cultural group

Kinh

Participants

Bùi Thị Lệ

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Phù Mỹ, Phù Mỹ city, Phù Mỹ district, Bình Định province

Item/object

pottery kiln

Materials

Mineral-clay, Ceramic-pottery

Materials alt

Đất sét (vietnamese for clay), Đất núng (vietnamese for pottery ; literal. "earth cooked")

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Backyard

Temporality

The firing takes place the day after the loading of the kiln and the pre-firing

Date of creation

2023-10-10

Unique ID

2020SG03-M44-1083