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122: 138: 328: 25: 203:, and is still used traditionally in the villages for personal use. This is because it preserves the brown rice coating that is perceived as a healthy part. However, because it is so labor-intensive, its use is gradually decreasing. 280: 187:). Once raised, the user quickly steps off of the handle, allowing the heavy head to fall into the mortar and pulverize its contents. In Bengal ( 176:
to conserve labor. Rice is dehulled by continually raising and then dropping the heavy head or pestle of the pounder into a block or mortar.
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Some rice pounders are foot-operated; the head is raised by standing on the handle of the device past its
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powered by gas engines or electricity have replaced many rice pounders.
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A woman pounding rice in a rice pounder in a village near
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