Man’s Rudimentary Use of Firewood (in Photos)

June 12, 2021
DUNIA Mag
Posted in Travel & Places

Man’s relationship with wood is as close knit as time itself and dates as far back as human history goes. Before modernization and the invention of natural gas, common day-to-day household activities such as cooking and heating were carried out using firewood. Wood was also used for building.

It is no wonder then, that even today, the use of firewood in the home still remains similar in various parts of the globe.

The following photos highlight the use of wood by everyday people around the world:

Collecting wood

(Photo: Yulia Avdeeva)

Ngorongoro crater, Tanzania; Massai girls bring collected wood home for cooking.

(Photo: Jeromi Mikhael)

Indonesia: A man carrying firewood in Pandansari Village, Poncokusumo, Malang.

(Photo: Tahsin Shah)

Pakistan: Nomadic People living in the forest pick wood for cooking. This local forested area is called Chichawatni Reserved Forest. Chichawatni city is the headquarters of the Pakistani forest division. During the War of Independence of 1857, local people fought against the British in this forest. During the Second World War, many foreign prisoners were brought and confined in this forest. Dating back to 1923, the Chichawatni Plantation covered a total forested area of approximately 3,600 hectares (9,000 acres), constituting the second-largest forest plantation in Pakistan, the largest being the ‘Changa Manga Forest’. The Peregrine Fund, a U.S.-based avian conservation organisation, conducted research on Chichawatni’s forests in the early 2000s. (Photographer notes)

(Photo: Riskyishwar)

India: Man carries wood from the forest.

(Photo: Bram Berkelmans)

Mozambique: Women carrying wood home to their houses in Lionde, Gaza province. After a day of working on their ‘machambas’ (local farms) they return home and will start cooking for their families.

(Photo: Lars Curfs (Grashoofd))

Peru: Quechua woman in Chivay, carrying wood in a q’ipirina.

(Photo: A. Davey)

Ethiopia: Transporting firewood , near Axum.

After wood makes its way home, it is used for many purposes.

Cooking

(Photo: Mansa Kankan Mussa)

Firewood for food: A mother trying to light a fire using pieces of wood.

(Photo: Big Brother Mouse)

Cooking, Laos: A Brau woman in Attapeu province of Laos boils bamboo shoots over a wood stove. Stoves of this sort are made of a metal or ceramic tripod with space to push logs in as they burn. Such stoves are common throughout Laos.