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			      Rice 
	threshing by using a tool known as
	
	
	mai faad khao. 
	It consists of a set of wooden sticks connected by a piece of rope, used 
	like large pincers to grab bundles of rice, in order to beat (trash) them 
	and make the grains fall from the ears of the paddy (fig.). 
	Both these men are wearing traditional
	
	
	kaangkaeng le, 
	a comfortable pair of trousers known as fisherman pants, but also called 
	elephant leg pants (fig.). 
						
						
						
	 
	
	 
	
		  
	
	
								
  
						
						
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