Around Prilep
Besides tobacco a lot of vegetables are grown in the district.
Also heaps of watermelon.
A watermelon costs about one dollar. It must be a bugger to prrduce something that big and have to sell it for so little.
We were wandering around and saw some people threading tobacco so our host stopped and started up a conversation so we could have a look.
Basically they have long needles and spear the leaf onto the needle through the thicker spine of the leaf, gradually pulling the thread through as they go. Presumably the metre long needles are so they don't have to lose time pulling the thread through all the time.
The whole family including two children were sitting around threading tobacco.
Near the main square I even came across a bust of Zamenhof - the inventor of Esperanto.
Also heaps of watermelon.
A watermelon costs about one dollar. It must be a bugger to prrduce something that big and have to sell it for so little.
We were wandering around and saw some people threading tobacco so our host stopped and started up a conversation so we could have a look.
Basically they have long needles and spear the leaf onto the needle through the thicker spine of the leaf, gradually pulling the thread through as they go. Presumably the metre long needles are so they don't have to lose time pulling the thread through all the time.
The whole family including two children were sitting around threading tobacco.
Near the main square I even came across a bust of Zamenhof - the inventor of Esperanto.
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