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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Tobacco

These are tobacco plants after most of the leaves have been harvested.
The leaves are tied in small bundles with grass "string" and hung in sheds to dry.

Here is a tobacco drying shed at the back of the field.


Often the drying sheds are around the house compound to protect against theft which is very common. As you can see the sheds are make of local grass and small trees. Everything is tied together with "ludzi" - the inner bark of trees. It makes a very strong rope.

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