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Photo from Garalla Paris, Mauritania
 
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Ten-year-old Tesselem m/Souleymatu is making shaneen (soured milk) in a goat skin bag while watching her two-year-old charges. Shaneen is used in zrig (a drink) and aish (a rice-and-milk dish). During the rainy season, the animals come back to the village and milk becomes plentiful.

by Kerry Zahn
Garalla Paris, Mauritania (1999)

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