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Making salt-enriched ash (gasang)

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posted on 2023-12-13, 17:20 authored by Andrea YankowskiAndrea Yankowski
Video of salt makers burning coconut husks to make salt-enriched ash.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

I01

Rights owner

Andrea Yankowski

Cultural group

Boholano

Participants

Rosendo Datoy, Abundio Manongas, Dennis Nick M. Bitoy, Emilio S. Baluarte, Felix Pinlac, Jr, Romulo Makiling, Romano Apatay, Warren Pinlac, Lysander M. Nuez, Montano Pinlac, Neil Gerard Reyes

Country

Philippines

Place

Santa Filomenia, Alburquerque

Materials

Husk-coconut

Cultural context/event

Material culture documentation

Intent

This video shows various stages of burning coconut husks over 8+ hours. During this time, seawater is periodically collected and sprinkled over the husks. The process of burning the husks typically take 3 days. This video is the first day.

Date of creation

2022-06-18

Unique ID

2021SG08-I01-0148

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Categories

    Keywords

    Gasangsalt-enriched ashcoconut husksbunot

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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