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Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.284] ’Irrigation wheels.’	 Huge bamboo made irrigation wheels are driven by the power of a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.293] ’Building a dam.’	 A community of Black Thái builds a weir for a new irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.309] ’Water buffalo.’	 A shepherd and his water buffalo are wandering through a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.297]
’Handing down boulders-1.’

	Black Thái tribes women hand down river boulders which are used to build a dam for an irrigation wheel in a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. (See image 21.293). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.307]
’Black Thái women.’

	After hard work on the construction of a dam these Black Thái women have a rest in a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.327] ’Girl with knife.’	 As most mountain tribe children this Black Thái girl has learned very early on in life to do daily work with sharp tools. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.342]
’Black Thái girls.’

	These girls in a village on the Pha Din Pass, 40 km northwest of So'n La, wear the traditional dress of the Black Thái: a brightly coloured blouse with a distinctive row of silver buttons down the front and a long black skirt. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.284]
’Irrigation wheels.’

Huge bamboo made irrigation wheels are driven by the power of a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.284] ’Irrigation wheels.’	 Huge bamboo made irrigation wheels are driven by the power of a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.284]
’Irrigation wheels.’

Huge bamboo made irrigation wheels are driven by the power of a tributary of the Nam La River, south of So’n La. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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