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Friday, October 22, 2010
A Shanghai Mystery
This is a picture of the house behind ours. A wealthy local Chinese family lives there. If you look closely, you can see the ayi (housemaid) sitting cross-legged on the ground through the branches. She is wearing black. She is washing her hair and her arms out of a large white bucket. Why is she doing this? Is she not allowed to use one of the 4+ bathrooms in the house? Is this a Chinese ritual? Is she communing with nature? I don't know. Another cultural mystery. What do YOU think?
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