Mayna Das, wife of a palanquin porter having a mother and son conversation over the school exam with her son Joy Dev. Palanquins are still used for carrying brides in remote Bangladesh. In Mathbari, a far-off village in Sundarbans, some people still cling to palanquins. The palanquin-porters are saving a heritage, a century old culture of the soil, for the sake of saving their lives in a miserable way. Mathbari, Kaira, Bangladesh. May 05, 2007.

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