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BBtv World debut episode: El Molinero (Guatemala)
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The "BBtv WORLD" series debuts with an episode shot by Xeni and friends during a recent visit to a K'iche Maya village in the highlands of Guatemala. Xeni travels there a few times a year to work on sustainable development projects with an international project managed with local indigenous leaders.
"El Molinero," the title of this debut piece, refers to the corn mill where young girls go every day to grind soaked, hulled corn ("nixtamal") into soft dough for tortillas or tamales (in K'iche, "k'osh"). The old machine -- hacked together by local craftsman from various components -- is extreme
ly loud, spews smelly fuel exhaust, and like many aspects of daily life and work here, is dangerous. Boing Boing tv online: http://tv.boingboing.net
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