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Hand-grinder in operation

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Creator
Margery H. Freeman
Date created
September 22, 1984
Location
Enroute to Naudanda from Pokhara, Nepal
License
This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use

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Tourist guide is operating a hand stone grinder on a porch of a house in western mountain, Nepal

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Jas, a trekking guide, demonstrates the use of a hand grinder. The grinder is a very simple apparatus consisting of two parts: a spindle which is fixed to the floor, and a heavy stone disk which is fitted over the spindle by a hole in the center. The stone disk is rotated to crush the grain beneath it. Water-powered mills — called ghatta — and gasoline-powered mills are also used to mill grain in Nepal.