Tea pluckers 5 Photo

Photographer’s Note

The last stage - bringing tea to the factory.

Dibroghar is No' 1 Tea manufacturer in Assam and in India. About 70% of the population around the city is working in the tea industry.
Upper Assam produces some 65% of India's tea.
The plucking work is a back braking job, done mostly by women.
One must pluck just the upper 2 leaves.
Assam black tea considered as fine tea and exported to most of the world.

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aadilj (17950) 2009-05-30 1:59

So this is the hard work that goes into that packet that I pick or dont pick up depending on its colour! I like the way you have captured this documentary shot yuval