Translation and transcription of the interview with the spinner AYA

English & French translations of the interview with the weaver AYA, who explains what differs in making weft or warp threads. She talks about her apprenticeship; the number of bobbins needed to make a loincloth; a system of accumulating bobbins of thread (tontines); the social organisation of the activity; talc She details how to make the animal based talc (made from burned cow bones) used in the spinning process to avoid slippery hands. In doing so, she uses a vocabulary similar to the one used in culinary practices (e.g. making of porridge). She talks about the social and economic organisation of the spinning activity. She keeps spinning today because hand-made thread is still used in ceremonies and ritual practices.