VERA Platform_2274 Traditional woodworking "Traditional woodwork in Asturias has been fundamental to the development of everyday life. Wood has been used in:\n- Traditional construction: granaries such as h\u00f3rreos and paneras. Elements of a h\u00f3rreo include pegoyos, muela, colondras, viguetes, tiyeres, tentemozos, aguilones, tornos and pontones.\n- Asturian furniture and household items: esca\u00f1u (bench), tayuelu (small stool), arca (chest), masera (dough trough), espetera (plate rack), vasar (shelf unit), alacena (cupboard) and truviecu (log seat). Also common joinery techniques in furniture, decorative carving, and other utensils such as zapicas, xarres (jugs), bowls, chopping boards, desca and salpimenteru (salt and pepper container).\n- Musical instruments: gaita (bagpipe), castanets, pitos (whistles), chiflu (flute), gaita rabil, rabel and bandurria. \n- Wooden footwear: the madre\u00f1a. Made from a single piece of wood and designed to protect the feet from cold, snow and mud in rural areas. They are characterised by having three pegs (\u201ctarugos\u201d) on the sole, which raise the foot off the ground." Carmen Pérez Maestro Spanish Intangable Heritage University of St Andrews VERA Platform 2272 "Traditional woodwork in Asturias has been fundamental to the development of everyday life. Wood has been used in:\n- Traditional construction: granaries such as h\u00f3rreos and paneras. Elements of a h\u00f3rreo include pegoyos, muela, colondras, viguetes, tiyeres, tentemozos, aguilones, tornos and pontones.\n- Asturian furniture and household items: esca\u00f1u (bench), tayuelu (small stool), arca (chest), masera (dough trough), espetera (plate rack), vasar (shelf unit), alacena (cupboard) and truviecu (log seat). Also common joinery techniques in furniture, decorative carving, and other utensils such as zapicas, xarres (jugs), bowls, chopping boards, desca and salpimenteru (salt and pepper container).\n- Musical instruments: gaita (bagpipe), castanets, pitos (whistles), chiflu (flute), gaita rabil, rabel and bandurria. \n- Wooden footwear: the madre\u00f1a. Made from a single piece of wood and designed to protect the feet from cold, snow and mud in rural areas. They are characterised by having three pegs (\u201ctarugos\u201d) on the sole, which raise the foot off the ground."