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G/wi-Buschmänner (Botswana, Zentralkalahari) - Verwendung der Tsama-Melone zur Ernährung

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G/wi-Buschmänner (Botswana, Zentralkalahari) - Verwendung der Tsama-Melone zur Ernährung
Alternative Title
G/wi Bushmen (Botswana, Central Kalahari Desert) - Using Tsama-Melons for Nourishment
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IWF SignatureE 3059
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Production Year1976

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IWF Technical DataFilm, 16 mm, LT, 200 m ; F, 18 1/2 min

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German
German
Frauen sammeln und entkernen Tsama-Melonen im Feld. Im Lager werden die Kerne in heißer Asche geröstet, mit einem Melonenkernsieb ausgesiebt und in einem Mörser zerstampft. Das Pulver wird direkt gegessen. Um den Wasserbedarf zu decken, essen die Buschmänner das Melonenfleisch. Oft zerstampfen sie es mit dem stumpfen Ende des Grabstockes zu einem Brei, den sie anschließend trinken.
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The Tsama-melon plays a key role in the life of the G/wi. For some months of the year the melon is the main provider of water and their seeds are an important source of food. Women collect the melons and harvest their seed in the fields. For consumation the seeds are roasted in hot ashes and sand, then they are ground in a mortar. The resulting powder can be eaten without further preparation. To squench the thirst the meat of the melon is eaten. Sometimes it is squashed with the end of the digging stick inside the melon, which serves as a container, from which the Bushmen drink the pulp.
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