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Photo from St. Augustin, Madagascar
 
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Canoes are used more often than automobiles in this coastal town. Kids learn to build and use canoes at an early age. To launch a boat, the boat has to be pushed out quite far, because the water is often too shallow near the shore.This family awaits the fishermen's arrival, so they can help lift the heavy boat onto shore.

by Rob Roberts
St. Augustin, Madagascar (1999)

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