August 14, 2006

Indigo smashing

Last week I went to Rangpur where some of my colleagues are extracting indigo. After the indigo is extracted and dried in the sun, the chunks of blue are smashed between rocks until a powder appears. It is hard work, but these ladies are used to smashing spices for their curries!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Bekah,
From what does one extract indigo?

Rebekah said...

Mom, you extract indigo from indigo. Indigo is a plant, indigo is a dye.