Gypsy Medicine
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2012
The gypsies have figured out a way to sell smoke. I suppose they are masters of psychology and by convincing superstitious people that their smoke is beneficial, they can trade a few seconds worth of smoke for food or coins. Here in the Tashkent market, a gypsy hands her smoking frying pan to a vendor who then wafted it over her produce and herself. In return, she gave the gypsy woman some produce.
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