Salts of the earth (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Salts of the earth

May 25, 2010
Australia

Think the white stuff is all the same? Think again, writes Richard Cornish.

IT'S HOT out on Pink Lake. Damn hot. The sun bounces off the thin layer of
pink salt that covers this dry lake bed, just west of Dimboola, and bakes
bare skin. Gail Harradine, of the Barengi Gadjin Aboriginal Land Council,
gathers a handful of salt and lets it run through her hands.

"In Wergaia language, the word for this place is guradj gadjin. Guradj means
salty or bitter and gadjin means water."

Access full article below:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/restaurants-and-bars/salts-of-the-earth-20100524-w7st.html

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Note: Although not necessarily a tech/language article per se, it reminds me
of the same here in the US where Zuni and other SW indigenous groups
traditionally harvest natural salts.  Phil
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