Alena Lidzhieva, About Traditional Utensils

Abstract

A short interview with Alena about utensils that she saw in her childhood. Karu: What kind of utensils did you see when you were a child? Were they made from leather or wood? Alena: Everything was made from wood, cups, tea spoons. K: What did people produce from leather? A: Small bags called tulm that were closed by tying up with a string. They gave us, children, these tulm bags for collecting dung (for fuel) when we were looking after the calves out in the steppe. K: Did you use glassware? A: No, only wooden things. K: What about metalwork? A: We had a metal pot to cook meals. It had a wooden lid.