Explore Masuryuat
"Lots of Masu"

Masuryuat is a place at Imaryuk where people travel to gather masu, a plant that is also known by its scientific name, hedysarum alpinum.

Masu has a root that is good to eat . Some people call it Eskimo potato.

Traditionally, people used a siklak , a tool shaped like a pickaxe, to dig masu.

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