The Taste of Salt

The Taste of Salt

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2011

Runtime

0h 52m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Le goût du sel

Director

Ndeye Souna Dièye

Description

At Ngay Ngay, a village in northern Senegal, there are real natural evaporative basins in which depending on the year large or small quantities of sea salt dry out. Located 15 kilometres from Saint-Louis, the village is living around a complex community organisation: men divide the salt fields into plots, and women are those who harvest. In the end, the men receive a share of the crop, while women are those who took great pains over the harvesting.