{"id":168,"date":"2014-12-06T20:49:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T19:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvraiz.com\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2024-02-24T23:53:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T22:53:47","slug":"pilon-mortar-and-pestle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cvraiz.com\/?page_id=168","title":{"rendered":"Pilon (mortar and pestle)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>PILON\/PIL\u00c3O<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>____________________<\/p>\n<div class=\"bbcode_container\">\n<div class=\"bbcode_quote\">\n<address class=\"quote_container\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Os grandes pil\u00f5es, geralmente para cereais (principalmente milho ou sorgo), podem ser utilizados por v\u00e1rias pessoas ao mesmo tempo, cada uma com um pau que v\u00e3o batendo os gr\u00e3os alternadamente, ao som de uma melopeia que d\u00e1 o ritmo das batidas. Para al\u00e9m de moer o gr\u00e3o, o pil\u00e3o \u00e9 tamb\u00e9m usado para descascar o arroz. Em Cabo Verde, essa t\u00e9cnica \u00e9 at\u00e9 hoje utilizada para moer sobretudo o milho.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b> O acto de pilar recebe o nome, em crioulo, de &#8220;cotch\u00ed<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pil%C3%A3o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/address>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>____________________<\/p>\n<p>The above quote is saying that the Pilon or African style mortar and pestle are used in Cape Verde especially for pounding maize (milho). And that <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">the verb used in Cape Verdean Crioulo for pounding is &#8220;cotchi&#8221;<\/span><\/strong>, which derives from the Mandinga language.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span>Because of modernization (nowadays you can buy maize flower in the supermarket) this tradition is disappearing rapidly. It used to be widespread throughout Cape Verde though until very recently. My grandmother used to have a pilon. My mother remembers she had to help out as well when she was younger. Food preparation being crucial for any people it can be said that this retention was quite fundamental for Cape Verdeans.<\/p>\n<p>According to Quint (2008) <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">cotchi\/kotchi is a Mandinga derived word.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">***<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-211 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cvraiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kotchi.jpg\" alt=\"Kotchi\" width=\"640\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cvraiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kotchi.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cvraiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kotchi-300x24.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">***<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Photo taken in Santiago, some of the women also wearing Pano de terra.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-209 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cvraiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/794px-Pilon.jpg\" alt=\"794px-Pilon\" width=\"794\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cvraiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/794px-Pilon.jpg 794w, https:\/\/cvraiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/794px-Pilon-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">***<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Picture taken on the island of\u00a0Fogo, pilon plays a central part during some of their local festivals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cvraiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jpg_pilon-Fogo.jpg\" alt=\"jpg_pilon Fogo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cvraiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jpg_pilon-Fogo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cvraiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jpg_pilon-Fogo-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">***<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cvraiz.com\/?page_id=170\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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