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Rice mill | Cho Mee, Myanmar

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January 24, 2009

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Plus-X
Simple rice mill. The operator rides the seesaw-like mechanism and grinds the hulls off the rice in the pit. Young teacher Kyaut Nu Nwe demonstrated how the hulls were then sifted away from the grains.

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