Baligram villagers still use the ancient hand-run grinding stone (Maichan) to make their flour
By Fazal Khaliq SWAT: In the modern age of science and technology when state-of-the-art machinery is used for various purposes including grinding grain, there is a village in Swat where residents still use the ancient way of grinding grains into flour. Locally known as maichun, a hand run grinding millstone, though has already disappeared long ago, the residents of Baligram, a remote hilly village in Kokarai union council, still use the ancient stone hand-driven millstone to grind wheat, maize, barley, and rice when their village is cut off from the rest of the areas during the snowfall or harsh winter....
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