By summer, women start making cheese

Village women in Ain Issa village of Gire Sipi canton begin to produce cheese each year, after livestock are grazing, but this year's lack of rain is facing women.

21 April, 2018 05:30

HIVIDAR HARANI / GIRE SIPI

The culture of cattle grazing and agriculture continues in the hands of Kurdish women in Kurdistan. In spring, the product of their months-long work appears, and in the same season women start in preparing cheese for summer.

Spring, which is full of cattle, becomes for the parents income separation insurance. Where women work to provide a financial income for their family,

But because of the lack of rain this year and the lack of adequate livestock, women in the villages face difficulties in securing milk.

In this regard, Mariam Mohammed, from Abu Surra village in Ain Issa, said that they have been grazing sheep and making cheese for years, Mariam feeds on the sweat of her forehead and talks to ANHA about the stages of cheese industry and the difficulties they encounter.

Mariam confirmed that they feed their cattle in spring and after grazing, they milk them in the morning hours of each day, "after milking the cows, they spray the cheese making material in the milk, then put it in a piece of cloth to solidify the milk.

After hardening the milk, cut and spread salt, and remain in this shape until summer, to be eaten after.

"There is no cheese to sell," she said, "on the other hand, the price of one kilo of cheese is 900 SP, which is a low price."

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ANHA