Traditional Fish Salting Show

by Vytautas Vaiceliunas

Iceland

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The fish are caught and delivered to the station where skillful salting masters are about to come to do their performance.
The fish are caught and delivered to the station where skillful salting masters are about to come to do their performance.
The leader pushes and distributes fish so all the workers could have enough within a reach, at the same time flirting with the women to keep the mood up.
The leader pushes and distributes fish so all the workers could have enough within a reach, at the same time flirting with the women to keep the mood up.
Each worker has her station where they skillfully cut the heads of fish off. The cut head together with bowels fall into the water tube where the stream takes it out to the waste barrel.
Each worker has her station where they skillfully cut the heads of fish off. The cut head together with bowels fall into the water tube where the stream takes it out to the waste barrel.
The final touch. The fish in the special salt and herb mix are becoming herring.
The final touch. The fish in the special salt and herb mix are becoming herring.
The traditional fish salting show is over. Now it's a feast for seagulls.
The traditional fish salting show is over. Now it's a feast for seagulls.