Ju/’Hoansi-San Fire Making

The San people also showed us how to make fire. First you cut notches into a stick.

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They look like this. But probably not as burnt and worn when you first make the stick.

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Then you make another stick like this. I’m not sure how rounded it was before it was used.

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Then you take some dried grass and put it between the sticks, and spin the stick fast between your hands.

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It was a two man operation, but after a bit it started to smoke.

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Then he blew on the grass to keep it going.

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And then added it to the sticks to make a big fire.

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One Response to Ju/’Hoansi-San Fire Making

  1. So Cool!!