Making pot in Yang Tao village : Preforming and smoothing the steaming pot (kơl hôl piêng)

Mai Kim preforms the walls of the ‘kơl hôl piêng’ by scraping the inside of the wall with her fingertips. Then, she smooths the outside with a bamboo stick called ‘ne pôi dlah’, where ‘ne’ is the stick, ‘pôi’ the action of drawing the walls from the outside and ‘dlah’ the generic term for pottery. In the background LTS, CdF and Mai Khanh are discussing about Mai Khanh’s skills. She explains that she cannot make big pottery like the ‘suông war ba’ Yo Khoanh is making on the side. She never tried because she knows she does not have the skills. Even Mai Kim is still learning to make bigger pots. Only Yo Khoanh can make the ‘suông’.