Figure 1.--Here we see one of the country boys with his sling shot (catapult). |
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Here are some scenes from a trip into the country from Dushambe. We see a boy on a donkey collecting foder for cattle. Peasant children are playing with catapult (slingshot). This is something they hunt with. They are very good shots and know how to stalk their prey. These are very ill disciplined children. They have little parental guidance and roam far away from home in groups of between 10 to 15. They get into all sorts of activities including petty crime. They know the hills and the paths and can escape pretty quickly if they are chased by adults because of their mischief. They are supposed to be in school but they do not go when it is harvest or seed planting time or when they are needed to do agricultural work. The boy in blue is a Tajik boy from the town. He is visiting relatives in the countryside. He is with a group of adults from Dushanbe who are out hiking in the countryside around a village called Neftyanik. He was befriended by the peasant children who showed him how to fire their catapult. That's the nice story but in reality they were trying to isolate him from the adults so they they steal his back pack which he is wearing.
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