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  • An elderly Tai Lue ethnic minority woman in the cotton producing village of Ban Nayang Tai, Luang Prabang province, Lao PDR
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  • Portrait of a Vietnamese prostitute wearing traditional Tai Dam clothing and hairstyle at home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Pakpok is small collection of houses recently relocated near to the Nam Ou river due to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. It is the closest habitation to the dam construction site, the local people rent rooms to the prostitutes who provide services to the Chinese construction workers.
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  • Portrait of a Vietnamese prostitute wearing traditional Tai Dam clothing and hairstyle at home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Pakpok is small collection of houses recently relocated near to the Nam Ou river due to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. It is the closest habitation to the dam construction site, the local people rent rooms to the prostitutes who provide services to the Chinese construction workers.
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  • Portrait of a Vietnamese prostitute wearing traditional Tai Dam clothing and hairstyle at home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Pakpok is small collection of houses recently relocated near to the Nam Ou river due to the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. It is the closest habitation to the dam construction site, the local people rent rooms to the prostitutes who provide services to the Chinese construction workers.
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  • A Tai Dam ethnic minority woman holds a pair of ducklings in Ban Nam Bone village, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. The Tai Dam usually reside in valleys close by to rivers or streams where they grow paddy rice and keep livestock.
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  • A portrait of Laep, a Tai Dam ethnic minority woman and her young son in her home in Ban Nam Bone village, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Tai Dam married women are easily recognised by their topknots, affixed with a silver hairpin and their tight-fighting blouses which can be one of many different colours. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • Pak kard, a green leafy vegetable (wrapped in a banana leaf) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Hog plum (mak kok) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Rat (nou noy) for sale in the roadside market in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mak kouk, a kind of fruit collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Eel for sale at the roadside market in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Tomatoes grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Tamarind grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Mak Man' fruit collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • A pumpkin grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Chillies (mak phet) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Corn/Maize grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Nor Lan' (bamboo shoots) collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Nor Bong' bamboo shoot collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Wrapped leaves containing white mushrooms (het khao) collected from the wild and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Mak Nam' fruit grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Mak phet' green chillies grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Nor khom', bitter bamboo shoot collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Mak mone kai' fruit grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Corn/maize grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Pepper grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Squirrel for sale in the roadside market, in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Spring onions (pak bua) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Pak hompan, a green leafy vegetable grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Banana flower (mak bi) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mushrooms (het tamoad) collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mak kou, a kind of nut collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Dried rats (nou hang) for sale at the roadside market in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Rattan (nor way) collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mak khamphom, a type of small fruit grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Wild birds for sale in the roadside market, in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Wild birds for sale in the roadside market, in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Orange (mak kiang) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mak su, a kind of fruit, grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Peanuts (mak thourdin) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Pineapple (mak nat) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Man keo, a type of root vegetable, grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • A skein of natural home-produced silk in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Kok, Luang Prabang province, Lao PDR.
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  • A skein of natural home-produced cotton in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Kok, Luang Prabang province, Lao PDR.
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  • Bamboo rat (nou phouk) for sale at the roadside market in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Dried frogs (khied hang) for sale at the roadside market in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Bananas (mak guaey) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Stag beetles collected from the wild and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • A stag beetle collected from the wild and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mak kin, a kind of small fruit, grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • A small aubergine (eggplant) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Pomello (mak phouk) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Garlic (kha theim) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Ginger (khing) root grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • A yellow striped cucumber (mak teng lai) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Cucumber grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Rice grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • A pumpkin grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mak Nam (cucumber leaves) wrapped up in banana leaves grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • An aubergine (eggplant) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Bee larvae collected from the forest, cooked in a banana leaf and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Mak Kheng' fruit collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Pak Nao, a type of green leafy vegetable, collected from the wild and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • A jackfruit grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • The Tai Dam women of Ban Na Kham arrive at a clearing in the forest where they are harvesting bamboo shoots and put their lunch (wrapped in banana leaves and tied with strips of bamboo) brought from home on a bamboo tree and carry on collecting. Ban Na Kham, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR
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  • The Tai Dam women of Ban Na Kham arrive at a clearing in the forest where they are harvesting bamboo shoots and put their lunch (wrapped in banana leaves and tied with strips of bamboo) brought from home on a bamboo tree and carry on collecting. Ban Na Kham, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR
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  • A Tai Dam man has a haircut in Ban Na Mor village, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR
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  • In the school holidays, a young Tai Dam girl embroiders her first sinh (Lao traditional skirt), Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. She has been watching and learning from her mother and other female family members since she was a young child.
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  • In the school holidays, a young Tai Dam girl embroiders her first sinh (Lao traditional skirt), Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. She has been watching and learning from her mother and other female family members since she was a young child.
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  • In the school holidays, a young Tai Dam girl embroiders her first sinh (Lao traditional skirt), Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. She has been watching and learning from her mother and other female family members since she was a young child.
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  • In the school holidays, a young Tai Dam girl embroiders her first sinh (traditional Lao skirt), Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. She has been watching and learning from her mother and other female family members since she was a young child.
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  • In the school holidays, a young Tai Dam girl embroiders her first sinh (tradional Lao skirt), Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. She has been watching and learning from her mother and other female family members since she was a young child.
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  • Papaya grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Het Khao', white mushrooms collected from the wild and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • A bunch of lychees grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of. the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through
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  • An orange pumpkin grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Cucumber grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Bitter bamboo shoots (nor khom) collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Passion fruit (mak not) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Dried bamboo shoots (nor hang) for sale at the roadside market in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Guava (mak sida) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • A bird's nest (used for home decoration) for sale at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mak kin, a kind of green vegetable grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mak kor, a kind of nut collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Mak Su, a kind of green vegetable, grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Nor Lan (bamboo shoots) collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Bee larvae collected from the forest, cooked in a banana leaf and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Pak Koud, a type of fern, collected from the wild and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor,Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Nguan, a Tai Dam ethnic minority woman forages for vegetables in the rice field, Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. For families living away from the main roads and markets, food caught or collected from the wild, especially edible plants and small animals still make up fifty per cent of their diet.  Nature’s bounty in providing for the Lao may be plentiful, but this does not mean that the task of growing and finding enough food for family subsistence and maintenance is easy. It is a major preoccupation of rural families and takes the bulk of time and energy of every man, woman and child.
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  • The Tai Dam women of Ban Na Kham arrive at a clearing in the forest where they are harvesting bamboo shoots and put their lunch (wrapped in banana leaves and tied with strips of bamboo) brought from home on a bamboo tree and carry on collecting. Ban Na Kham, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR
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  • The Tai Dam women of Ban Na Kham arrive at a clearing in the forest where they are harvesting bamboo shoots and put their lunch (wrapped in banana leaves and tied with strips of bamboo) brought from home on a bamboo tree and carry on collecting. Ban Na Kham, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR
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  • Green beans (mak thua bur) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Sugar cane (oy) grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens/fields – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • Duck's eggs for sale at Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • 'Pak Elerd', a green leafy vegetable for sale at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • A galangal flower grown in the Tai Dam ethnic minority village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The women of Ban Na Mor sell seasonal local products in their roadside market which they have gathered from the fields and forests or grown in their own gardens – anything from cucumbers to bamboo rats, pineapples to barbequed frogs. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.
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  • A Tai Dam ethnic minority woman walks with her cows along the road at the end of the day, Ban Pasak, Luang Namtha province, Lao P.DR
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  • Two Tai Dam ethnic minority women take a break from collecting 'Nor Khom', bitter bamboo shoots in the forest, Ban Na Kham, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. They are collecting them both for their own consumption and for selling at the small roadside market in the village of Ban Na Mor.
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  • An elderly Tai Dam woman returns from foraging in the forest with a Mak Kouk fruit wrapped in banana leaves. For families living away from the main roads and markets, food caught or collected from the wild, especially edible plants and small animals still make up fifty per cent of their diet.  Nature’s bounty in providing for the Lao may be plentiful, but this does not mean that the task of growing and finding enough food for family subsistence and maintenance is easy. It is a major preoccupation of rural families and takes the bulk of time and energy of every man, woman and child.
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  • An elderly Tai Dam woman holds a young bird in her hands, Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR.
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