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Ra-Ro Journal
Rare Stories
Stories, news and behind the scenes of Portuguese craft. What’s happening in the workshops, at the fairs and at Ra-Ro.
Portuguese clay bowl (alguidar): what it is, what it is for and how to care for it
The alguidar is a wide mouthed Portuguese clay bowl used for kneading, seasoning, marinating and serving. How to choose, prepare and wash yours.
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Gondar black clay: what soenga firing is and how to season a clay pot
Black clay gets its colour from the smoke of the soenga, an open-air firing. See how it is made in Gondar, which pieces exist and how to season and use a clay pot.
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Endangered crafts in Portugal: rare techniques that still survive
Which Portuguese craft techniques are at risk of disappearing, which are on UNESCO's urgent safeguarding list and the national inventory, why they fade and what keeps them alive.
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Magusto at home: how to roast chestnuts in a clay chestnut roaster
Portugal's Magusto and St. Martin's Day on 11 November, explained: the legend of the cloak, água-pé and jeropiga, and how to roast chestnuts at home in a black clay chestnut roaster from Gondar, pl...
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Black Clay Chestnut Roaster: autumn in Gondar
A black clay chestnut roaster, fired by soenga in Gondar by César Teixeira and his son João, among the last to master this technique.
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Black Clay Cruet: the smoke that keeps an art of Gondar alive
The black clay cruet from Gondar is born from the soenga, an open-air firing that since the 17th century has given the clay its colour. Meet César and João Teixeira.
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