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Manufacturing process of a beer filter: huqu-timis

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Process of weaving a beer filter by Jook Tut, an Opo elder from Akula: obtaining the reed fibres, weaving the filter and filtering the fermented sorghum mash to make beer.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Y01

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Jook Tut

Cultural sensitivity

TRUE

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Timis

Materials

Fibre-reed fibre

Cultural context/event

Social gathering

Social group setting

Community

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2021-08-05

Unique ID

2019LG07-Y01-1296