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  102 Gombak Hospital Staff

  Che Zainal and Mrs. Kwong working at a desk.
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  102 Man chopping tree buttress

  Swidden farming requires cutting down large trees, some with flange buttresses at the base. Here a man is chopping through a tree buttress.
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  103 - Batu Caves entrance

  Photo of gate to the Sri Subramanya Swamy Temple, Batu Caves.
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  103 Gombak Hospital Staff

  Che Ismail and Mahniam working at desks.
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  103 Group of Children Sitting on Floor

  Image of four children four children sitting on the floor.
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  103 Men putting out net

  Batek also fish with gill nets, which they obtain from traders. They usually stake the nets out in a stream in the afternoon and retrieve them, with any entrapped fish, the next morning. Fish try to swim through the openings in the net, and their heads get stuck; when they try to back out, the net snags their gills. Here two men are putting out a gill net.
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  104 - Drummer, Thaipusam

  Several men playing drums on their pilgrimage to the temple during the Thaipusam festival.
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  104 Bill Whally

  Photo of Bill Whally (VSO) on right standing next to another man.
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  104 Group Photo Outside

  Image of a group of children, adolescents, and adults outside.
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  104 Men on scaffold chopping tree

  Batek farmers use various methods to minimize the labor of chopping down large hardwood trees. Here two men have built a scaffold of poles tied together with rattan and are chopping the tree trunk above the buttresses.
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  105 - Man entering trance, Thaipusam

  Man entering trance, Thaipusam
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  105 Gombak Hospital Staff

  Two members of the Gombak Hospital staff working at desks.
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  105 Man carrying baby

  Men often care for their young children while in camp. Here a man carries his baby while discussing business with a Batek man and a Malay trader (center).
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  105 River and Foliage

  Image of a densely forested area around a river bank.
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  106 - Man stirring powder for anointing, Thaipusam

  Man stirring powder for anointing, Thaipusam
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  106 Pickup truck in camp

  By 1990, traders came to the upper Aring Batek by road in four-wheel-drive pickup trucks rather than by boat. Here some Batek swarm over a traders pickup, selecting items, including fresh bread rolls, which they receive in return for rattan or Aloes wood.
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  106 Professional volunteers

  Nurses: Joan Flood Swetz, Peace Corps, Elaine Wach, Care Medico, and Arlene Craig, Care Medico. Jane Tyas, VSO, was a lab technician (second from right).
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  106 Two People at River

  Image of two people standing next to a river. A man stands on a large rock while a woman stands closer to the water.
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  107 - Kevadi carrier having cheeks pierced, Thaipusam

  Kevadi carrier having cheeks pierced, Thaipusam
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  107 Honey-gatherer making torch

  Here the man who will climb the bee tree gazes at the nests while tying together a torch of dry leaves, which he will use to smoke the nest.
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  107 Inside of Hospital Room

  Image of a person laying in a hospital bed with three people standing nearby.
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  107 Nurses at Gombak

  Photo of Marilyn Haasnoot Sjaffiroeddin, Nan Mason, and Marilyn Joseph.
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  108 - Man in trance, Thaipusam

  Man in trance, Thaipusam
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  108 Cpl. Ahmad, Che Zainal, and Che Isahak

  Cpl. Ahman, Che Zainal, and Che Isahak preparing goat meat for curry for Farewell Party.
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  108 Man pulling in net

  Batek occasionally contract with traders to supply live fish of the larger, more desirable species. Here a man pulls in a gill net which is full of leaves. The bamboo container in the water behind him is a cage for storing live fish.