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The disappearing art of cormorant fishing

by Farhana Dewan (Singapore)

China

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Pink dawn on the Li River, Yangshuo.
Pink dawn on the Li River, Yangshuo.
Gas lamps are hung on the boat to lure fish for the trained cormorants to catch them. A fishing technique that has been passed down for 1,300 years in China.
Gas lamps are hung on the boat to lure fish for the trained cormorants to catch them. A fishing technique that has been passed down for 1,300 years in China.
A fisherman and his cormorants rest on a bamboo raft at sunrise.
A fisherman and his cormorants rest on a bamboo raft at sunrise.
Casting a net into the Li River as the sun rises behind the karst mountains.
Casting a net into the Li River as the sun rises behind the karst mountains.
Mr Huang is a fifth generation cormorant fisherman.
Mr Huang is a fifth generation cormorant fisherman.

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