Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Preserved pork, Naxi style, 1926


pigskin, originally uploaded by mutikonka.

These two Naxi boys are posing with a pig that has been gutted, boned , salted and sealed - which apparently ptreserves the pork for years. The carcasses also doubled as mattresses.

This pic from National Geographic January 1997.

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