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Stove or Pich

The stove is enormous. It takes up a large percentage of the house and, like the icon corner, is a center of activity. For a movie of the stove, CLICK HERE.

As the icon corner is male and as it is the food consumption area, so the stove is food preparation area and associated with the women of the household; it is their responsibility to care for the fire in the stove.