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A labourer in a pink head cloth, a striped white shirt and green shorts bends forward on bare reddish-brown earth, raking or levelling the soil with a tool in his right hand. Behind him rises a grey stone boundary wall with red and white painted bands along the top, and bricks are stacked at the upper right. A trench and scattered stones lie to the left.

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June 26 20132013-06-26December 19 20062006-12-19Outdoor construction scene beside a grey stone boundary wall with red brick coping and green shrubs and trees behind. Three labourers work on a concrete or mortar strip: a man in a white shirt and grey trousers holds a long-handled trowel, a man in a checked shirt, blue-and-white lungi and red headcloth stands watching, and a shirtless man in a lungi pours from a round metal pan along a rope-guided line. Dry earth lies in the foreground. A small white plaque or stone sits atop the wall.2006-12-19Two men work on a construction site laying flat grey stone slabs in sand. A young man in an orange-yellow striped shirt and grey trousers, wearing slippers, pours sand from a pink tray onto the ground. An older man in a white long-sleeved shirt and dark trousers bends over and smooths the sand with a wooden tool beside the slabs. Behind them, stacks of reddish-brown paving stones and bare dusty ground fill the background under bright daylight.2016-10-27A construction worker in a white short-sleeved shirt, blue lungi and a pink-and-white checked head wrap leans over a concrete block wall, pouring or smoothing water from a small metal vessel onto the courses. Cinder blocks and red-brown earth lie around the site, with wooden scaffolding and green trees behind. No a person candidate is visible; the scene shows a single worker at the building site.2006-11-16Outdoor construction site on bare orange-brown earth with stacks of grey granite slabs and cut stone blocks in the background. Four workers are shovelling fine pale grey sand: a woman in a striped top and blue patterned skirt bends with a shovel into a yellow basin, another woman in a blue floral skirt and head wrap pours from a yellow basin, a woman in a plaid top with a green basin balanced on her head stands at left, and a man in a white shirt and white head wrap crouches at right with a shovel.2016-10-27June 14 20132013-06-14A construction site with red earth, sand heaps and grey concrete block walls being built in rows. Several workers in dhotis and white head cloths carry materials and stand near stacked blue-white sacks, one bare-chested worker bending over the foundation. A wire fence and dry scrubby trees with a palm tree sit behind the site on a hillside. No a person candidate is clearly visible in this scene.A man in a pale blue-and-white checked shirt and light green trousers bends over a mound of sand at a red-earth construction site, digging with a long-handled shovel. Stacked grey sacks of cement or material sit behind him, and a wire fence with a few trees runs along the top of the frame. No ritual, deity or a person depiction is visible; the scene shows ground preparation and mixing work.A worker in a checked shirt, plaid lungi and a red headband sprays water from a yellow hose onto a dusty red-earth construction site. Stacked grey stone blocks and concrete slabs lie on the ground, with tall metal posts rising in the background among green trees and scrub. No a person candidate is visible; the scene shows site preparation for construction.2006-12-19A construction worker in a white head cloth and striped shirt with a pale checked lungi stoops in dry sandy ground, using a flat trowel to work a mound of wet mortar beside a shallow pit. A blue bucket and a grey tray sit near his feet. Behind him stands a newly built terracotta-coloured brick building with large window openings, a short flight of red tiled steps, and potted palms along the front. A green wheeled bin is at right, and sacks rest against bamboo poles that brace the structure. No deity, ritual or a person depiction is visible.2010-02-05A photograph of four men laying stone paving on a dirt construction site outdoors. A man in a pink shirt and checked lungi bends forward holding a long-handled tool to press cement between grey stone slabs. Beside him a man in a cream shirt and striped lungi stands watching, and an older man in a checked shirt and white head cloth crouches to set a large pale stone slab with a blue bucket beside him. A man in a yellow striped shirt helps guide the slab, and an older man in a light blue shirt and dark trousers stands at right. Behind them stand a shed, a red container and banana plants, with stacked stone blocks scattered across the ground.2016-09-03 +1 copies