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#25 - Answer to #3 WTF

Travel Day, so we play the game.....

The picture I used shows our group from the boat on a tour of a small village in Cambodia. We are in the home factory of a small enterprise that makes a vital item, used though out Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.



These are handmade  STOVES, used everywhere for cooking.

They are used with either wood or charcoal.

 It is the traditional way, and they are made from clay. They are used EVERYWHERE.
 It is hand pressed into a mold, and then shaped by hand, & with a piece of wood to make a uniform interior. The metal 'jacket' is sourced from another family in the village that makes them from new and used galvanized metal. Note that the bails where the handles will be attached are made from old metal cans.


Here is an ancient one in a museum

Here is one used right on the street, in a market



Older style without the metal, being used to heat water to boil 
silk worm cocoons in silk making.


The man who makes these can make about 6 an hour. It is hard work, and the stove then must get the metal case, a grate ( made of clay by a 3rd guy), wait for them to dry in the shed, and then he can sell them to a 4th guy who sells them in the various markets around the towns.
The wholesale price is $1.00 USD.
Retail at the market is $2.00 USD - I'd rather be the market seller.


Thanks for playing WTF.
Steve
Bonus Picture:


Vietnam Dog - I have NO idea WTF this is.....
Like a Dalmatiaon dog skin, with a little bit of scraggly hair.
Saw a few of these beasts....
they have weird dogs over here.

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