The main job of the clothes beaters is to hammer the now rigid material until it is wrinkle free. Inside their little huts, you typically find two young men sitting across from each other; between them is a log cut from a shea tree.
Tavaliselt võib leida kangast tagumas kaht noort meest, kes istuvad väikses onnis vastakuti ja nende vahel on võiseemniku puust raiutud palk.