Susana helps her mother move some straw
Betrawati, November 2002

On the way back from the foot-bridge to Tupche, I saw little Susana helping move some straw. Her mother, in red, is bent over grabbing a bit more. I didn't know Susana well, so she was a bit shy when I took her photo.

The load that Susana is carrying is light—it is, after all, dried straw—but I have seen adults carry heavy loads such as a wooden desk with nothing more than the woven strap that goes around the item and then one’s head.

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