On the Farm

On the Farm

Sunday, April 17, 2005


A tea picker in the hill country. These women must pluck enough of the top two leaves and tip from branches of tea plants to make 17 kilos of leaves a day and they carry the leaves in the bag hanging down their backs from their foreheads. For this they are paid about 200 rupees a day - $1.60 or so. They get a few rupees extra if they pick more.  Posted by Hello

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