A rope used to carry things, with a loop at the end. I bought it because I loved the combination of indigo and white (indigo batik dying is a specialty of the Bai people) alongside the graphic red and black. Although you can find the rope in lots of places around Yunnan province, I was biking around in Xizhou and bought it from a store specializing in rope.
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Baizu Rope, Dali
26 May
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