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The husking trays were containers with a large oval base and low walls, made of coarse clay.

One of those offerings: coconut husking, or removing the hard outer layer around the shell, a necessary step to get to the meat and liquid inside.

Yes, there’s a staginess to it all: the quintet sitting around on the floor husking vegetables, dismantling a chicken, dining.

I tried husking corn and blistered my slow clumsy hands while experienced field hands sped through the work effortlessly, enjoying themselves.

“I just feel it in my bones,” she confided, “that something wonderful is going to happen tonight at the corn husking.”