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  • 2015/03/12 - Pile, Ecuador: Door of house decorated with an image of President Rafael Correa in the quiet village of Pile in the Manabí province. Correa set a school to teach children on how to weave the Montecrisit hats in order that the tradition is not lost. The village is far from any modernity. It's main production it is still the "Montecristi hats", commonly known internationally as the "Panamá Hats". The number of craftsmen in the village is declining. Competition from China and the Ecuadorian city of Cuenca that have bigger production and cheaper prices, make hard to make a living to the craftsmen of Pile.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Street life in the quiet village of Pile in the Manabí province. The village is far from any modernity. It's main production it is still the "Montecristi hats", commonly known internationally as the "Panamá Hats". The number of craftsmen in the village is declining. Competition from China and the Ecuadorian city of Cuenca that have bigger production and cheaper prices, make hard to make a living to the craftsmen of Pile.
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  • 2015/03/12 - Pile, Ecuador: Street life in the quiet village of Pile in the Manabí province. The village is far from any modernity. It's main production it is still the "Montecristi hats", commonly known internationally as the "Panamá Hats". The number of craftsmen in the village is declining. Competition from China and the Ecuadorian city of Cuenca that have bigger production and cheaper prices, make hard to make a living to the craftsmen of Pile.
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  • 2015/03/12 - Pile, Ecuador: View of the village of Pile in the Manabí province. The village is far from any modernity. It's main production it is still the "Montecristi hats", commonly known internationally as the "Panamá Hats". The number of craftsmen in the village is declining. Competition from China and the Ecuadorian city of Cuenca that have bigger production and cheaper prices, make hard to make a living to the craftsmen of Pile.
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  • 2015/03/12 - Pile, Ecuador: F Students of the 'Escuela de Paja Toquilla" learn on how to correctly sting the straw for the production of a "Montecristi Hat". The school 'Paja Toquilla' teaches children from Pile and neighbouring villages on how to produce an ultra-thin Montecristi hat, and it was created to maintain the tradition, since most of the youngsters prefer to look for other employment opportunities on the cities of Manabí province.
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  • 2015/03/12 - Pile, Ecuador: Fausto Lopez teaches two students of the 'Escuela de Paja Toquilla" on how to correctly sting the straw for the production of a "Montecristi Hat". The school 'Paja Toquilla' teaches children from Pile and neighbouring villages on how to produce an ultra-thin Montecristi hat, and it was created to maintain the tradition, since most of the youngsters prefer to look for other employment opportunities on the cities of Manabí province.
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  • 2015/03/12 - Pile, Ecuador: Manuel Lopez, 41, starts the crown or top of the hat at his house in the village of Pile. Mr Lopez started to make hats when he was 8 years old, learning with his dad. All his family learned the craft and it passes from generation to generation.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Straw drying in the sun outside the house of Manuel Lopez. Manuel is one of the finest weavers in the village of Pile. It will take him on average 3 months to weave one hat, which he will sell it by around US$700, but later on in the US and in Europe can reach the price tag of US$25,000.  UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Manuel Lopez cuts the hair of of his customers at his house in Pile. Manuel is one of the finest craftsmen of the "Montecristi hat" but to make enough many to support his family he is also the only barber on the village. It will take him on average 3 months to weave one hat, which he will sell it by around US$700, but later on in the US and in Europe can reach the price tag of US$25,000.  UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Manuel Lopez weaves a "Montecristi hat". He is only able to work between 6am to 9am and then from 7pm till 10pm, because it is when the humidity conditions are at its best to work on the straw. Otherwise the heat will dry the straw and break it, damaging the hat. Manuel is one of the finest weavers in the village of Pile and learned the craft with his father, who learned from his grandfather. It will take him on average 3 months to weave one hat, which he will sell it by around US$700. UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Fausto Lopez boils the straw in order to prepare it to be weaved into a "Montecrisiti hat". A "Montecristi” takes on average  3 months to weave. It will be sold unfinished for around in Pile for $US700. Later on once in the U.S. or Europe can reach the price tag up to $US25,000. UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Manuel Lopez weaves a "Montecristi hat". He is only able to work between 6am to 9am and then from 7pm till 10pm, because it is when the humidity conditions are at its best to work on the straw. Otherwise the heat will dry the straw and break it, damaging the hat. Manuel is one of the finest weavers in the village of Pile and learned the craft with his father, who learned from his grandfather. It will take him on average 3 months to weave one hat, which he will sell it by around US$700. UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
    EL__2015_Montecristi_13.jpg
  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Straw hangs on a window in order to dry before it is used to weave a "Montecrisit hat". A "Montecristi hat” takes on average 3 months to weave. It will be sold unfinished for around in Pile for $US700. Later on once in the U.S. or Europe can reach the price tag up to $US25,000. UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
    EL__2015_Montecristi_11.jpg
  • 2015/03/12 - Pile, Ecuador: The mold used by craftsmen to weave a "Montecristi hat". The real "Panamá hats" don't come from Panamá. A "Montecristi hat” takes on average 3 months to weave. It will be sold unfinished for around in Pile for $US700. Later on once in the U.S. or Europe it can reach the price tag up to $US25,000. UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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  • 2015/03/12 - Pile, Ecuador: A teenager opens a straw just before he start to sting it with a wooden nail dividing it into thinner pieces ideal for the hat making. The school 'Paja Toquilla' teaches children from Pile and neighbouring villages on how to produce an ultra-thin Montecristi hat, and it was created to maintain the tradition, since most of the youngsters prefer to look for other employment opportunities on the cities of Manabí province.
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  • 2015/03/12 - Pile, Ecuador: Three girls learn the craft of weaving a straw hat on the 'Paja Toquilla' school that was created by an American that sells the hats in the U.S. The school teaches children from Pile and neighbouring villages on how to produce an ultra-thin Montecristi hat, and it was created to maintain the tradition, since most of the youngsters prefer to look for other employment opportunities on the cities of Manabí province.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Manuel Lopez wets his fingers in order to be able to weave the straw into a "Montecristi hat". He is only able to work between 6am to 9am and then from 7pm till 10pm, because it is when the humidity conditions are at its best to work on the straw. Otherwise the heat will dry the straw and break it, damaging the hat. Manuel is one of the finest weavers in the village of Pile. It will take him on average 3 months to weave one hat, which he will sell it by around US$700. UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
    EL__2015_Montecristi_16.jpg
  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Manuel Lopez weaves a "Montecristi hat". He is only able to work between 6am to 9am and then from 7pm till 10pm, because it is when the humidity conditions are at its best to work on the straw. Otherwise the heat will dry the straw and break it, damaging the hat. Manuel is one of the finest weavers in the village of Pile and learned the craft with his father, who learned from his grandfather. It will take him on average 3 months to weave one hat, which he will sell it by around US$700. UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
    EL__2015_Montecristi_14.jpg
  • 2015/03/12 - Pile, Ecuador: Straw hanging in one of the rooms of Mr Lopez house. He hangs it so it can keep it straight. The famous 'Panama hats' are in reality a product of Ecuador and the most famous called Montecristi are produced in the village of Pile.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Detail of a unfinished "Montecristi hat".  UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Cogollos are the unopened, central leaf spikes that are used to produce the straw for the "Montecrisi hats".The plants are named "Carludovica palmata". The scientific classification of the plant was made in the 18th century by two Spanish botanists. The name is a contraction of Carlos (Carlos IV, King of Spain), and Ludovica, Latin for Louisa (wife of Carlos IV). UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: A pot of hot coal and sulphur. Together it will create smoke that will bleach the straw used on the "Montecristi Hat". After, the straw will be hanging again in the sun in order to get even whiter.  UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Manuel Lopez feeds his son while watches television during the afternoon. He is only able to work between 6am to 9am and then from 7pm till 10pm, because it is when the humidity conditions are at its best to work on the straw. Otherwise the heat will dry the straw and break it, damaging the hat.  UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador:  Straw hanging on the sun after the bleaching process.   UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador:  Straw hanging on the sun after the bleaching process.   UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Detail of a unfinished "Montecristi hat".  UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
    EL__2015_Montecristi_25.jpg
  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Mariana Rivera, 73, weaves a "Montecristi hat" in her house early in the morning, while her grandchildren play. She started to weave hats at the age of 10. Nowadays she doesn't weave the finest hats as before because her eyes are tired and old as she says. So, Mariana uses thicker straw to weave a hat, which brings the price down. She sells them at around US$200, but sometimes even less if she is really desperate for money.  UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
    EL__2015_Montecristi_22.jpg
  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Mariana Rivera, 73, weaves a "Montecristi hat" in her house early in the morning. She started to weave hats at the age of 10. Nowadays she doesn't weave the finest hats as before because her eyes are tired and old as she says. So, Mariana uses thicker straw to weave a hat, which brings the price down. She sells them at around US$200, but sometimes even less if she is really desperate for money.  UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
    EL__2015_Montecristi_21.jpg
  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: The plants from which "Montecristi hats" are made are the "Carludovica palmata". The scientific classification of the plant was made in the 18th century by two Spanish botanists. The name is a contraction of Carlos (Carlos IV, King of Spain), and Ludovica, Latin for Louisa (wife of Carlos IV). UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
    EL__2015_Montecristi_31.jpg
  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Manuel Lopez and his wife, Patricia Lopez, put the straw inside of a home made oven, where the straw will be bleached by the smoke from a combination hot coal and sulphur. After, the straw will be hanging again in the sun in order to get even whiter.  UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
    EL__2015_Montecristi_29.jpg
  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Mariana Rivera, 73, looks outside her window in order for time to pass.  She is only able to work between 6am to 9am and then from 7pm till 10pm, because it is when the humidity conditions are at its best to work on the straw. Otherwise the heat will dry the straw and break it, damaging the hat.  UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
    EL__2015_Montecristi_24.jpg
  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Detail of Mariana Rivera, 73, hands weaving a "Montecristi hat" in her house early in the morning. She started to weave hats at the age of 10. Nowadays she doesn't weave the finest hats as before because her eyes are tired and old as she says. So, Mariana uses thicker straw to weave a hat, which brings the price down. She sells them at around US$200, but sometimes even less if she is really desperate for money.  UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
    EL__2015_Montecristi_20.jpg
  • 2015/03/13 - Pile, Ecuador: Mariana Rivera, 73, weaves a "Montecristi hat" in her house early in the morning. She started to weave hats at the age of 10. Nowadays she doesn't weave the finest hats as before because her eyes are tired and old as she says. So, Mariana uses thicker straw to weave a hat, which brings the price down. She sells them at around US$200, but sometimes even less if she is really desperate for money.  UNESCO declared the “Montecristi hat” in 2012 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
    EL__2015_Montecristi_19.jpg
  • 2016/10/08 – Pedernales, Ecuador: Maria Nevares (in the centre) with part of her family in a makeshift tent where they live, Pedernales, Ecuador, 8th October 2016. Ten people live in Maria’s tent that is set on what was her former house before the earthquake. They pile the mattresses during the day so there is enough space for them to socialize and walk around. Maria complains about the lack of support from the Government, especially because since she doesn’t have papers for her the land where she was born. Without the papers the Government refuses to build her a new home. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • Maria Martins (R), Secundino Martins (c) and Alcides Rainho cover the wood pile with straw and then with sand, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins take a break as she covers the pile off wood with sand to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • A pile of sharcoal burning in the stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The couple Joao Paulo and Sandra Martins covering the wood pile with straw, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Joao Paulo covers the wood pile with straw, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia  Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Secundino Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins (R), Secundino Martins put the wood pile, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Secundino Martins  cover the wood pile with with sand, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Two sisters seek among the pile of garbage that covers part of the graves in search of material for recycling in exchange for a few pesos ,to buy some food.
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  • Maria Emilia Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Secundino Martins and Alcides Rainho (L) cover the wood pile with with sand, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Agro-chemicals containers piled in the landfill of Monte Maiz. There isn’t any plan to collect or to storage used agro-chemical containers, so they are just sent to the landfill and mixed with normal garbage or chucked away. Many of them still contain residues of the pesticides, which will contaminate the environment and the water of the region. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Agro-chemicals containers piled in the landfill of Monte Maiz. There isn’t any plan to collect or to storage used agro-chemical containers, so they are just sent to the landfill and mixed with normal garbage or chucked away. Many of them still contain residues of the pesticides, which will contaminate the environment and the water of the region. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_11.jpg
  • A woman prepares a meal for her two children inside their home in the slum, outside the garbage can be seen piled up.  The slum of Cheetah Camp on the outskirts of Mumbai, India is a predominantly muslim community on living on the fringe while the city continues to grow.
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  • Two soldiers from the Bolivarian Army of Venezuela rest against piles of bottles of water. The water bottles were given to the people waiting in the queues to visit the remains of Venezuela's President, Hugo Chávez, during his funeral in Caracas, 8th March 2013. Chávez ruled Venezuela for 14 years, passed away on the 5th March 2013.  He revolutionized not only his nation but also other countries in Latin America, with his political views and what he called the “21st Century Socialism”, supported by the petrodollars from Venezuela’s massive oil-reserves.
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Agro-chemicals containers piled in the landfill of Monte Maiz, next to a soy field. There isn’t any plan to collect or to storage used agro-chemical containers, so they are just sent to the landfill and mixed with normal garbage or chucked away. Many of them still contain residues of the pesticides, which will contaminate the environment and the water of the region. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_15.jpg
  • A woman prepares a meal for her two children inside their home in the slum, outside the garbage can be seen piled up.  The slum of Cheetah Camp on the outskirts of Mumbai, India is a predominantly muslim community on living on the fringe while the city continues to grow.
    PeterPereira-CheetahCampIndia-38.jpg
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