Follow an Ethiopian community churning butter, dyeing cloth, and harvesting subsistent crops
Ethiopian villagers cooking, churning butter, dyeing cloth, and producing crops
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NARRATOR: Most Ethiopians live in scattered rural communities in homes built near their farm plots. In Ethiopian villages the pattern of working together can be seen everywhere. While one woman cooks, another one churns butter.
Tasks such as cloth dyeing are always shared to make them easier and more pleasant.
Children also participate.
At harvest time everyone helps to gather the crops. Agricultural production is mostly for subsistence and does not fully meet the needs of the population. The main food crops are corn, barley, teff, wheat, millet, and sorghum. The principal export crop is coffee.
Tasks such as cloth dyeing are always shared to make them easier and more pleasant.
Children also participate.
At harvest time everyone helps to gather the crops. Agricultural production is mostly for subsistence and does not fully meet the needs of the population. The main food crops are corn, barley, teff, wheat, millet, and sorghum. The principal export crop is coffee.