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This scene depicts the atmosphere in a Slovak village a hundred years ago. The girls giggled and flirted while doing the laundry, while the boys watched them from a distance and joked around.

my gran’s youth

maidens in the stream
are washing clothes together
their colorful skirts
are so daringly tucked up...
the lads guard their fishing rods
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