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| feral trade turmeric |
| fresh and dried turmeric root, slope-grown at 45 degrees in the gradient-rich, rebel buddhist tribal Chittagong Hill Tract area of otherwise flat delta Bangladesh. Farmed by Joydev's mother via jhum method (shifting cultivation) for domestic use, sold locally at Khagrachari farmers market; winter harvested.
ferally traded since: 13/02/08.
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| | FER-1378 | | Beltoli village Khagrachhari, Bangladesh to EAT NewcastleGateshead Newcastle, UK | | dispatched 13/02/08 delivered 10/05/08 |
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COURIER:
 kate rich
sneha solanki
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| TOTAL ROUTE:
Beltoli village-Khagrachhari-Chittagong-Porapara Space for Artists-Britto Arts-Dhaka GPO-polytechnic--EAT NewcastleGateshead |
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| turmeric Beltoli village to EAT NewcastleGateshead
1. turmeric purchase joydev slection 2. joydev mother turmeric photo 3. joydev mother turmeric photo pose 4. beltoli chuwak negotiate 058 5. beltoli teahouse joydev spirit 6. footbridge beltoil khagrachhari 7. joydev vegetables khagrachhari market 8. feral trade transport bus enters dhaka 9. britto turmeric porridge served 10. britto turmeric packed 11. dhaka gpo arrival 12. dhaka gpo queue 13. dhaka gpo counter3 14. dhaka gpo counter5 15. dhaka gpo counter payment 16. package newcastle uk 17. label 18. turmeric-fridge 19. turmeric-soil 20. turmeric array sneha solanki kitchen 21. feral bags to eat market newcastle quay 22. eat newcastlegathead feral trade stall 23. eat newcastlegathead feral trade turmeric 24. eat newcastlegathead feral turmeric tea |
| Shipping Facts |
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| FER-1378 import purchase & freight
| | 80 x turmeric rhizome | gross | per rhizome |
| payment to Mrs Roaza for turmeric: refused | £0 |
£0.00 |
| walk beltoli to khagrachhari | £0 |
£0.00 |
| rickshaw | £0.5 |
£0.01 |
| hired van and driver | £40 |
£0.50 |
| taxi | £1 |
£0.01 |
| AC coach | £7 |
£0.09 |
| rickshaw | £0.3 |
£0.00 |
| rickshaw | £0.7 |
£0.01 |
| postage to UK | £25 |
£0.31 |
| refrigeration / storage newcastle courtesy sneha solanki | £0 |
£0.00 |
| total | £74.5 | £0.93 |
| | Courier Report FER-1378 DISPATCHED: 13/02/08 DELIVERED: 10/05/08 kate rich Turmeric collected direct from Joydev's mother's house floor storage, Beltoli village. Our host Joydev's mother adamantly refused cash payment despite vague attempt. Bagged in non-plastic in compliance with Bangladesh-wide total plastic bag ban, then transported by foot along riverside village path, stopping at Joydev's sister's teahouse to pick up 1L ferally traded semi-illegal village fermented rice wine, in water bottle. Crossed the river via bamboo footbridge, rickshaw into Khagrachhari town centre market. Due to no mobile phone coverage in entire Khagrachhari area for political reasons, took another rickshaw to the hotel to collect driver and charter van waiting to return us on the 4 hour drive to Robbii's house. Everyone except van driver bought kilos of local vegetables from tribal vendors at the central market. Exited Khagracchari via military checkpoint set up in this sometimes rebel Buddhist area of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), where feraltrade signed out via police guestbook which controls foreigner access to CHT for policial reasons. Van drive slowly down hill tract curved roads, celebrated with ringtone chorus when 4 mobile phones reentered network. After night fell, stopped in Chittagong to drop off Joydev, a truck and concrete slab were blocking the road to his house so he had to walk the last stretch. Drove super fast now through Chittagong Port hinterlands along Karnaphuli river, arriving Robbi's house in time for 10PM dinner served by Robii's mother. Turmeric stored overnight in bedroom, then AM travelled in CNG taxi to Swiftline coach terminus central Chittagong, 6 hours deluxe coach ride to Motijheel terminus in Dhaka, then 1 hour Swiftline complimentary minibus through crazed stalled Dhaka city centre traffic, rickshaw the last km to arrive exhausted at Britto residency, Elephant Rd, where the turmeric was stored for 1 week. 26/2 rickshaw to General Post OFfice which driver and passers by could only find by its initials GPO. Dodged postal re-wrap vultures to the EMS airmail counter where price for the possibly 2 kg package 7 days flight to UK would be 2900 Tk, close to 25 GBP. Surface mail provides alternately sky high prices and a 20 day delivery period due to government deep corruption, exit of objects from Bangladesh is as of recently bleak. We notice another woman spending 7000 Tk mailing a package to a relative in Australia. The official suggests we tape all box edges due to probable rough handling enroute for this ultra costly service. Paid in cash and receipted.
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10/05 turmeric and other feral products travelled by wheeled bag along newcastle quayside and across the tyne to Baltic Square where the EAT! NewcastleGateshead market was assembling. Products unpacked to stall, from where over the passage of the afternoon 30 units of turmeric were explained, bagged and transferred to Newcastle and Gateshead citizens.
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sneha solanki The parcel arrived into Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, on 4 March in relatively good condition. I opened the package to remove all the turmeric for preservation by divided the shipment of the rhizome into fridge and soil methods.
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| freight and handling turmeric to EAT NewcastleGateshead sponsored by |
| | FERALTRADE products passed by hand. The word 'feral' describes a process that is deliberately wild, as in pigeon, as opposed to nature wild (wolf). Feral Trade freight operates largely outside commercial channels, using the surplus potential of social, cultural and data networks for the distribution of goods. contact kate@feraltrade.org |
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