Ivanka Palada, rođena Grubelić, jedna je od posljednjih težačica na otoku. Kad su je jednom pitali što joj je bilo najlipše u životu, odgovorila je da je najviše voljela na Tijatu «japanj» (vapno) praviti – tada jedan od najtežih mogućih poslova. No ona je bila mlada, i sa mužem, njih dvoje sami bi na Tijatu tri dana ložili ogromnu vatru oko kamenog stošca kako bi se kamen otopio i postao "Živi japanj". Mjesto gdje se to radilo se zvalo "Japljenica", a potrebno je bilo donijeti veliku količinu kamena, sazidati ga što homogenije te donijeti ogromnu količinu visokokaloričnog drva "Česmine", dostatnu za trodnevno loženje...

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Ivanka Palada, born Grubelic, is one of the last farm workers on the island. When once asked what was she liked the best in her life, she replied that she liked the most making of "japanj" (lime) on the Island Tijat (which lies across the Island Prvic – some 0,5 nm) - then one of the toughest jobs possible. But she was young, and with her husband, the two of them would stay on Island Tijat for three consecutive days to lodge a huge fire around the stone cone to melt the rock and become a "living japanj". Place where it was done is still called the "Japljenica" and to do “japanj” (lime) it was necessary to bring a large amount of stone, build it as homogeneous as possible and then bring a tremendous amount of high quality wood known as "jasmine", sufficient for a three-day firing... All by hand…

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