Might as well…
by Mike
Azure and I came across a group of strong, wet ladies at a river. They were carrying dirt on their heads, but we couldn’t tell where they were digging. So we followed them down to the river… (read more)
Tags: bali, dredging, river, women
at 7:15 am.
4 comments
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did you ever determine what they wanted the dirt for?
So did you find out why they were dredging the river?
They were digging up dirt/sand, then carrying it up and dumping it at the side of the road. We’ve seen a lot of dirt/sand being used all over Bali for either bricks or tiles (for roofing), which they heat in a furnace by burning the fibrous part of coconuts. One picture I wish we’d gotten was a house with an enormous oven and on one side a pile of coconut scraps, on the other a pile of tiles ready to be fired.
I’m not sure why they were using the dirt/sand from the bottom of the river and not from some other place.
See reply above.