Kajandu
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kajandu-271-2495110
title:
Kajandu
text:
Kajandu is a long-handled fulcrum shovel used by the Jola (Diola) people of Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau to till and prepare rice paddy fields. It is also used to make dikes and furrows. It consists of a long wooden shaft, 1.6–3.5 metres long, and a large flat or concave wooden blade with iron edges. The long shaft rests on the knee and is used to lift up pieces of earth. Typically men use the kajandu while women sow, replant, spread manure and harvest. Use of the Kajandu was recorded in 1
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description:
Fulcrum shovel used by the Jola (Diola) people of Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajandu
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date modified:
2022-10-10T07:48:20Z
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