This video depicts the first stage of erecting a lime kiln, of building the dome-shaoped drystone construction inside the perimeter walling. The mason depicted holds the professional knowledge of erecting it properly.
Funding
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
History
Session
L01
Rights owner
Ioanna Ntoutsi
Cultural group
lime kiln practitioners
Country
Albania
Place
Leshnjë, Korçë Region
Item/object
The process of buidling a lime kiln.
Cultural context/event
Material Culture Documentation
Location
Workshop
Temporality
The operation is still active nowadays, although its operations decline annually.