Traditional crafts

A staple of Tibetan food is barley flour which is made into a form of porridge, rather like our oatmeal. You can see the wheel spinning as the grain from the bag falls into the hole and is ground into flour before exiting the between the stones. The wheel is turned by fast rushing water underneath the building, which is channeled to paddles making it spin.

We have seen a lot of sheep providing wool, and mutton for food. The art of spinning it into yarn by stretching the wool a little at a time, and then twisting it with the other hand can clearly also be done by men.