STORY OF YAKTO
Here you can read about the fascinating history of Yakto.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Miscellaneous articles and information on culture, history, traditional weaving and more.
Miscellaneous articles and information on culture, history, traditional weaving and more.
Aziz BÜYÜKAŞIK, Investigative Writer
Serial no: 18
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Sericulture was an important medium of livelihood for people in the region, almost all families were first and foremost engaged in sericulture. They gained a significant profit out of it within only a month or a maximum of 40-days of working in spring. When mulberry trees- the only nutrition for silkworms- were harmed due to a grasshopper raid, this brought along an unproductive year in sericulture.
A flock of grasshoppers covered and consumed all they say in the environment; the corps, the trees, and whatever was green. They not only ate the leaves, but...
