A peasant checks his drying yak meat in Sichuan, China.

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A local pastoralist in his tent checks the strips of yak meat hung over the tent s cooking fire pit to dry and smoke The Khampa pastoralists or nomads of eastern Tibet dry the meat until it s as dry as a dead root before eating moreover most of them only consume meat of animals who die naturally

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Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: China
Photo credit: © Victor Paul Borg / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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