ni lava ni presta la batea Archives - Life Bites https://www.biteslife.com/tag/ni-lava-ni-presta-la-batea/ Recipes and culture Fri, 18 May 2012 14:43:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.biteslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-logo_479162_print2_1_615x512-32x32.png ni lava ni presta la batea Archives - Life Bites https://www.biteslife.com/tag/ni-lava-ni-presta-la-batea/ 32 32 47065050 Ni lava ni presta la batea https://www.biteslife.com/ni-lava-ni-presta-la-batea/ https://www.biteslife.com/ni-lava-ni-presta-la-batea/#respond Fri, 18 May 2012 14:43:08 +0000 http://biteslife.com/ni-lava-ni-presta-la-batea/ Literal translation: you don’t wash nor lend your “batea”. Batea is a word inherited from the Tainos (native inhabitants of Quisqueya – Dominican Republic). It describes a big flat bowl usually made of wood used to wash gold in the river. Also used by Dominican women of past generations to carry and beat clothes in […]

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