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  • Fishermen mend their nets on the beach at Varkala.
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  • 'Teapot' tearooms in the Fort area of Kochi (old Cochin).
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  • An abandoned truck in Kochi (old Cochin).
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  • Western holiday makers bathe in the Indian Ocean as the sun goes down on the beach at Varkala.
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  • Palms trees line the backwaters near Alappuzha (old Alleppey).
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  • A group of men chat with their fishing boat by the Chinese fishing nets in the Fort area of Kochi (old Cochin).
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  • Dragging the heavy boats up on to the beach requires some strength.
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  • Mussels brought to shore by the freedivers working from the rocky headlands are sorted by family members.
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  • Musicians walk around the internal courtyard on a festival day at the Janardhana Temple at Varkala.
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  • A traditional houseboat with thatched reed roof on the Keralan backwaters near Alappuzha (old Alleppey).
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  • Boat traffic on the Keralan backwaters near Alappuzha (old Alleppey).
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  • Man punting a barge on the Keralan backwaters near Alappuzha (old Alleppey).
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  • Terracotta sculpture and motorbikes in the garden of a hotel in Kochi (old Cochin).
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  • Old Harbour Hotel, Fort Cochin
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  • Girls hand with decorative henna tattoos, holding a garland of white flowers.
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  • The Santa Cruz Basilica, in the Fort area of Kochi (old Cochin).
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  • A garlanded Madonna and Child alterpiece in the Santa Cruz Basilica, Kochi (old Cochin).
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  • Chinese fishing nets at dusk, Kochi (old Cochin).
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  • A man carries a stone anchor up the beach after freediving for mussels from wooden canoe just off shore, near Kovalam. Mussels sell for a high price in the markets to seafood restaurants frequented by tourists, fuelling this dangerous and harsh method of earning a living.
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  • A freediver climbing a shore with his catch of mussels tied around his waist, near Kovalam.
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  • Many boats arrive back to shore around 09.00 for the mussels to then be bagged up and taken to market.
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  • Family members bag up the catch before transporting it to the  market south of Kovalam.
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  • A freediver climbs up the rocks with a haul of mussels and a sharp implement for detaching them from the seabed.
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  • A woman sorts mussels while a freediver watches his colleagues in the water.
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  • A flotilla of boats anchors just off shore for the freedivers to swim down and hack the mussels off the seabed.
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  • Boats position themselves off the beach south of Kovalam.
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  • Domestic houses line the Keralan backwaters near Alappuzha (old Alleppey).
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  • Church built by the Portugese on Bazaar Road in the Mattancherry area of Kochi (old Cochin).
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  • Mussels are removed from the draw-string net bags brough ashore by the freedivers and put into pots and larger bags for transportation to market, south of Kovalam.
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  • Women separate and clean the mussels on shore before they go to market.
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