Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 189)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 189)

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Fig. 5-4: Village guest-house (madafah)
in the madafah or ina small room outside. It was roasted in a
large shallow iron spoon (mikhmas), then put into a mortar (mehbash)
made out of wood and pounded with a wooden pestle. Once ground, the
coffee was poured into a deep brass or iron pot with cold water and
put on the fire to boil a few times. When ready, the coffee-maker
went around and served it in china cups. (For a detailed description
of the coffee set see kl-Barghouthi, 1924: 180)
The guest-house was maintained by a special caretaker (natour). He
was one of the villagers, hired by the village as a whole, and paid
in kind annually by each member of the village. The caretaker's duty
was to keep the place clean, fill the water jars, light the lamp etc.
He also prepared the coffee and kept it ready for every newcomer.
But his main duty was to look after the needs of the guests. by
fetching mattresses and pillows, by serving them food and coffee, and
also by looking after their horses which were kept outside in the
saha.
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