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First ethnological exposition. 1991
Photo provided by Arcadio Varona
In this exposition, one could see the lantern that used to be placed in the cars so
that one could see at night, the necklaces with small bells that were placed on the mules
when they were adorned, the rake that was used for dragging, the rake for separating the
grain of straw, and the fork used for throwing the hay in the cart and putting it in the
hayloft.
The lantern gives one participant has pleasing memories of when he was a child
and would accompany his father to the farm house to see how the animals were doing.
What he was most marveled about was seeing that even though he was outside, the flame
would not go out. This is natural because it was enclosed by glass, but had an upper exit
for the smoke.
In this demonstration one could also see the ubio or yugo. In Ciadoncha the word
“ubio” was used the most to gather the cows. There was also an ubio of mules. The
visitors at the exposition could also see the muzzles that were put on the animals so that
they would not eat; the mow or scythe that was used to reap the cornfields, especially the
vegetables. In order to reap the cereals, a fork was used.
Some other gear that could be see was the sickle that was used to cut the wheat
and the zoqueta that was put over the hand so that one would not cut themselves when
picking up the grain to cut it; the lightning or ray that was used to move the compressed
trash from the sheep so that it could be carried in the cart. This work was done in the end
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