"Female worker is using a sickle for sorting the charcoals /..."

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8 October 2015

Female worker is using a sickle for sorting the charcoals / Kampung Keluat, Kelantan / Malaysia. *360 hours of waiting. 50 Cent's happy. Charcoal needs 360 hours to be a final product. A process starts a selection of a good quality of oak then gather them into a charcoal dome and leave a small hole on it and closed the dome for burning oaks for 15 days. After about 15 days, the smell of oak burning is not spicy anymore and like a herbal smell then this is a sign the charcoal is ready. Blocked all hole on the dome and wait another one more day. All process is completed and amazing point is all process is done my handicraft. It's a hard work. You may can't believe a price of one pack of charcoal is 50 cents (RM 2)only. The charcoal maker blame that the market price is not enough to compensate their hard working however they are appreciated that they can still sell charcoal to market and earning money for their family. Photo by Chris Jung/NurPhoto)

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