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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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  • Women transport flowers in a wooden canoe, Inle lake, Shan state, myanmar (Burma).
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  • A boy rows a canoe in Nam Pan village, Inle lake, Shan state, Myanmar (Burma).
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  • Nam Pan village, Inle lake, Shan state, Myanmar (Burma)
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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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  • Dragging the heavy boats up on to the beach requires some strength.
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  • Boats position themselves off the beach south of Kovalam.
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  • Family members bag up the catch before transporting it to the  market south of Kovalam.
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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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  • 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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