Insider Business: Still Standing

From shoveling salt mounds under the Mexican sun, to scraping every last hair off a goatskin, we got an inside look at the people keeping age-old traditions and businesses alive around the globe. Whether they are protecting traditional methods threatened by modernization, or running centuries-old family businesses that have adapted to a changing world, we set out to find how and why they are still standing

From pouring cement tile designs freehand, to crushing fruit and distilling it into liquor, we visited family businesses and artisans around the world to see how their centuries-old trades and traditions are still standing

From India's handmade paper and sacred metal mirrors, to Japan's soy sauce fermented in 100-year-old barrels, we got an inside look at centuries-old traditions around the globe to see how they're still standing

Paper making is one of the oldest crafts in the world. We visited five countries to see how artisans in different cultures are preserving the craft and making sure it is still standing

From super thin, layered phyllo dough in Greece, to a 1,000-year-old roasted rice cakes tradition in Japan, to a rare cashew liquor made only in India. We will take you on a tour of five of the world’s culinary gems - to see how their centuries-old traditions are Still Standing

From mole ground with a traditional tool in Mexico, to metal art forged with ancient wax-casting techniques in India, and shea butter made by women artisans in Ghana, we got an inside look at businesses around the globe to see how their centuries-old traditions are still standing

A traditional dyehouse, Fez hats and a thousand-year-old ancient hieroglyphs carving method have nearly disappeared in Egypt in recent decades. But five artisans are determined to keep their traditions alive. Here’s how they do it.

These salt-making techniques are among the rarest — and oldest — in the world. We visited four countries to see how some of the oldest salt-making methods have survived for centuries. We saw pink Himalayan salt made in Pakistan, and palung salt made in Indonesia with volcanic sand, and purple bamboo salt made in South Korea.