Where Would We Be Without Salt: Long Hai Salt Farms
Fascinated by salt ever since I blogged about the Salt Mines of Maras in Peru. Salt aka sodium chloride aka NaCl runs through our language, our history, our veins. Not worth his salt. Rub salt in a wound. True to his salt. With a grain of salt. Salty wit, salty personality, salty dog. Salad salsa salami—theres salt at the root of those words. In ancient times, workers were paid in salt. The word salary was derived from the word salt...Hah holy salt here we go!
I was hoping to see the laborers wear nón lá (conical hats) and use đòn gánh (bamboo carrying poles) on their shoulder to carry salt. I was told the đòn gánh concept was no longer adopted since it was too labor intensive and inefficient. But would make beautiful priceless pictures however :-(
Long Hai 4/13/13
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