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Portrait of toddler standing between knees of man caring for her at Mai Chau
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- May 1997
- Location
- Mai Chau, Vietnam
- License
- This photograph copyright ©1997. Terms of use
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- Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam: Photographs and text tell the story of rice and rural life in Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on the highlanders, or Montagnards. (Page 20)
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A toddler stands between the knees and outstretched arms of a squatting man, probably her father, who tends her at the highland village of Mai Chau. The child wears a broad-brimmed hat and long-sleeved shirt, but no footwear. The man wears long dark pants and a green, long-sleeved shirt with rubber thong sandals.
Throughout Southeast Asia, but especially in highland farming areas, children of both sexes are considered precious and vulnerable. Adults and teens of both sexes and all ages generally enjoy caring for young children. They find it an amusing and relaxing task compared to the physical labor of farming. Southeast Asian men often spend some hours each day caring for their youngest children while their wives perform heavier farm tasks or household chores.
