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Nyoman Warta laboriously carries seawater in two simple containers to the beach of Kusamba, a coastal village located on the island of Bali, in Indonesia. As is the tradition, he balances them on a pole that rests heavily across his shoulders and then pours the contents with deliberate care into the dark sand. As the head of the family, Warta enthusiastically runs the small traditional business and proudly shows interested tourists how salt is produced. His grandmother was involved in the salt b
Most salt is industrially processed but in Bali, it is won from the sea by farmers who harvest it by hand. The tradition has been handed down for generations, but it is now a dying art.