Furnace in Herat

It’s an old system of furnace which is still in use in cities and in outlying areas. It has a simple setup, a wheel attached to a blower machine and the blower’s end hooked into the mud furnace. The furnace is filled with coal and in the meantime food is also being cooked, as you can see in this picture. I took this picture in summer 2008 in old part of Herat.

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