Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Archipelago CraftsWe gathered for a weekend, about 10 people, learning to use seal skins for making traditional boots and bags. Seals are now again hunted in the Baltic Sea and it would be a waste not to use them once they are shot.
Also the meat and blubber can be used for a large number of purposes. Using these products was a large part of coastal culture in the Gulf of Bothnia. Traditions have almost been lost over generations since seals had to be protected to recover from overhunting and environmental poisoning. Now the knowledge has to be recovered and learnt again.
// posted by The beaver @ 12:25 AM 
