Brooms. The universal broom in Moldova is a straw
broom. It’s made fairly similar to straw
brooms that we would see in America, but it has no handle. By this I mean, there is not a wooden pole to
grab with one’s hands to sweep. The
straw material for the broom is actually cut in longer strands and the top
three feet of the strands are twisted and fastened together as a handle. This however means that the sweeper must bend
over to use the broom.
This broom is universal. It’s the broom that people use to sweep the
streets ( this is an active employment area), and cleaning people use these in
institutions from the parliament to the local school, or the broom you would
use at home to sweep the carpets or maybe the back yard. I can only guess that a long wood handle is
not utilized because it’s an extra cost.
But my back aches to think of all the people who clean every day, all
day, bent over a straw broom
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