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CRAFTS & INSTITUTIONS

 

 

 

  charcoal making

 

Thailand

Workers making charcoal by carbonizing inferior wood. They are using a plastic Bungkih (fig.), a shovel-shaped tool, to scoop up the wood.

 

To heat the wood in the absence of oxygen a subterranean oven is used, in general.

 

  charcoal making