GENERAL NEWS
How the earthenware bowl got its black colour
Everybody loves eating in them; the ‘Asanka’. It just gives that local feel to the food. It could be a bowl of fufu with soup and assorted meat, apem and kontonmire stew or aboom, grounded pepper with herrings and some hot banku or kenkey, you name it.
And then there is all the grinding that goes on in the earthenware bowl popularly called Ayewa or asanka – grinding of various spices for food preparation.
There’s a lot of work that goes into the making of these unique bowls by the people of Kwahu.
Whilst there are red earthenware bowls usually made by the people of Sunyani, the potters in Kwahu usually make the black ones.
How do they get the black colour?
We found this out when some potters took us through the making of Asanka in the last episode of People & Places.
Madam Janet told the team that after moulding, the earthenware bowls are baked under hot coals after which they are put under sawdust.
Fire is set to the sawdust and burnt till it becomes black and then the baked bowls are arranged carefully under the sawdust and left to change colour.
Watch the video as some Kwahu Potters tell us more about the making of local pots and Asanka among other pottery artifacts:
-
Lifestyle2 months ago
Road Safety Authority narrates how buttocks causes road accident
-
GENERAL NEWS2 months ago
Why 15 police officers stormed Owusu Bempah’s church – Kumchacha narrates
-
GENERAL NEWS2 months ago
Watch how Ibrahim Mahama rode Honda superbike to pay last respects to late friend
-
GENERAL NEWS2 months ago
How Offinso residents storm destooled queen mother’s house, demand for new chief
-
South Africa News2 months ago
Woman thrown out of a speeding taxi while on her way to work
-
GENERAL NEWS1 month ago
Deadly clash between youth and navy personnel results in two deaths at Tema Manhean
-
SHOWBIZ KONKONSAH1 month ago
Junior Pope’s Death: Video of John Dumelo refusing to join canoe for movie shoot over safety concerns resurfaces
-
News Africa2 months ago
‘Satanically dubious’ – SCOAN releases statement on BBC’s report about TB Joshua, church