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Commenter says artisans in northern Laos melt Vietnam War shrapnel into jewelry to supplement farm incomes
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A commenter said at the meeting that artisans in northern Laos are making jewelry from aluminum shrapnel left from the Vietnam War, and that the practice provides supplemental income for subsistence farmers.
A commenter said at the meeting that artisans in northern Laos are making jewelry from aluminum shrapnel left from the Vietnam War, and that the practice provides supplemental income for subsistence farmers.
"They use these earthen kilns in their homes, in their backyards," the commenter said, describing a process in which artisans melt recycled aluminum in small kilns, pull the molten metal with a long spoon and pour it into earthen-and-wood…
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