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Breadmaking4

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Title

Making nut bread 4

Contributor

Nadine Grimm (née Borchardt)
Christopher Lorenz

Country

Cameroon

Genre

Discourse

Format

video/mp4
video/x-mpeg2
video/x-mpeg1
audio/x-wav

Language

Gyele

Persistent Identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/1839/c288ee4d-da05-4946-9658-ef4e347dc0e3

Description

Aminu starts wrapping the nut and chilli paste into banana leaves by placing two leaves together and removing the hard part of the stem. When the nut paste is rolled into the leaves, the leaf bundle is then formed into a triangle and tied together at the top. Muadjina and Mbang are helping her as the villagers are generally still sitting together in the hut, hanging out and conversing. Aminu then lights the fire, explaining what she is doing and pointing out that this is the kitchen stove of the Bagyeli. She is using empty "Lion d'Or" (local alcohol) sachets as combustible. She then sets a pot on the fire stones filled with the wrapped nut paste. She pours water over the wraps until they are covered. They are steamed for about an hour and then removed from the pot. Nandtoungou, Muadjina, and Mbang distribute and open the wraps which contain three parts due to the folding into a triangle. Mbang carries one bowl with nut bread packages to her hut where another group of people is seated. She unties one that she deems good; the bread is distributed amongst the people and children who are present. It is generally eaten warm.

Description

This is the last of four sessions showing how the Bagyeli make a steamed bread from wild nuts, called búmbɛ̀ wà ngùmɔ́.

Description

Aminu starts wrapping the nut and chilli paste into banana leaves by placing two leaves together and removing the hard part of the stem. When the nut paste is rolled into the leaves, the leaf bundle is then formed into a triangle and tied together at the top. Muadjina and Mbang are helping her as the villagers are generally still sitting together in the hut, hanging out and conversing. Aminu then lights the fire, explaining what she is doing and pointing out that this is the kitchen stove of the Bagyeli. She is using empty "Lion d'Or" (local alcohol) sachets as combustible. She then sets a pot on the fire stones filled with the wrapped nut paste. She pours water over the wraps until they are covered. They are steamed for about an hour and then removed from the pot. Nandtoungou, Muadjina, and Mbang distribute and open the wraps which contain three parts due to the folding into a triangle. Mbang carries one bowl with nut bread packages to her hut where another group of people is seated. She unties one that she deems good; the bread is distributed amongst the people and children who are present. It is generally eaten warm.

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