IN EARLY summer, farmers on Chios prepare for harvest in a very unusual way. After they sweep the ground, they make a flat base of white clay around shrublike evergreens called mastic trees.
मग, या वृक्षाच्या सालीवर ते उभे चरे पाडतात जेणेकरून त्यातून एकप्रकारचा पदार्थ ‘ गळू ’ लागतो.