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threshing rice in the huts |
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The small boys picked up the sheaves and rushed with them to the threshing hut. There they threw them down and a gang of youths hanging on to ropes dangling from the rafters trod out the ears with rhythmic movements supported by a chant, and then threw out the empty sheaves at the other end of the hut. |
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This operation took very little time, and there was never a moment when the supply of sheaves piled up at the front end. |
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Meanwhile older men were working in one of the open shelters. |
