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The Depository documents 3 techniques in Comoros; by risk level: 1 critically endangered, 1 endangered, 1 vulnerable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The hand-harvesting and small-scale artisanal steam distillation of ylang-ylang (Cananga odorata) flowers into essential oil by an estimated 10,000 producers across the Comoros archipelago, most concentrated on the island of Anjouan, where…
The hand-pollination of vanilla orchid (Vanilla planifolia) flowers by Comorian women, a traditional agricultural craft central to the archipelago's economy and specifically documented as women's customary labor.
The hand-embroidery, with gold and silver thread, of the kofia -- a small white cylindrical skullcap worn by Comorian men, particularly during ceremonial occasions and the Grand Mariage ('Grand Wedding') rite of passage -- practiced…