it is used to sift or separate grains from the peel.
A winnowing basket is used to separate chaff (outer covering of grains) from the edible grains. The basket is typically woven with gaps that allow the grains to fall through while retaining the chaff. By tossing the mixture of grains and chaff in the air, the lighter chaff is blown away by the wind while the heavier grains fall back into the basket.
The English term for "bilao" is a winnowing basket. It is a round, flat basket commonly used in the Philippines for storing, carrying, and serving food.
The English term for bilao is a winnowing basket.
The English term for "bilao" is "winnowing basket."
A winnowing fan is an agricultural tool shaped like a sickle. It is used in harvesting crops by reaping of the crop.
they are used to scoop poo
The word "bilao" is in Tagalog Language (national language of the Philippines). In English Language, it simply means "winnow".
In exactly the same way that winnowing fans have been used all over the world from ancient times to the 19th century. A winnowing fan is used to throw up the threshed grain into the air in order for the breeze to carry away the lighter chaff (flaky bits that are inedible). In medieval Europe, winnowing fans were in the form of flat, shallow baskets, but in ancient Egypt they were shaped scoops of wood. In Europe, the grain was then caught again in the same basket, but it seems that the Egyptians simply dropped the grain into a large pile on the ground.
winnowing
used to seperate the grains from the husks. husks were blown away by the wind creeated by the winnowing fan and the grains would fall to the found.
The Winnowing was created in 1976-02.