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NATURE & GASTRONOMY

 

 

 

  indigo plant (Sapa)

 

Vietnam

A field with indigo plants, of which the leaves are soaked in water in order to obtain a natural dye, which is used by the local hill tribe peoples in northern Vietnam to traditionally dye their cloths (fig.).

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