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| The other stove is the primary cooking stove and is used to heat the main room, as well. The large clay barrel to the left is called a tong. It is used to hold cooking oil, water, alcohol, and many other liquids. Very traditional, but largely supplanted by modern bottling. The wood goes in the bottom, if you hadn't figured that out. |
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