Plucking Detail

If you look closely, you'll see that this woman is pulling hairs from the face of a slaughtered pig.  Apparently, the skin of a pig's face fetches a higher price the more hairless it is.  Taken at the Gasa village food market outside the town of Jinghong in the Xishuangbanna region of China's Yunnan Province.Read more about our visit to Xishuangbanna.@ www.uncorneredmarket.com Plucking Detail
© June 14 2008, Uncornered Market

If you look closely, you'll see that this woman is pulling hairs from the face of a slaughtered pig. Apparently, the skin of a pig's face fetches a higher price the more hairless it is. Taken at the Gasa village food market outside the town of Jinghong in the Xishuangbanna region of China's Yunnan Province.

Read more about our visit to Xishuangbanna.

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