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At Fort de Kock, Sumatra, in the Netherlands Indies, a quorum of tribesmen squat on their heels around oddly shaped cages of wood and split
bamboo. While wives trade chickens, ricecakes, candy, or baskets in the
open-air market, the men gossip about their bulbuls and doves-and doubtless about the people next door! In Sumatra the dove is an emblem of
luck, and therefore common in captivity.
Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams |
