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The utensils are primitive and few.
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The smoke escapes where it can. There's no chimney or windows.
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In summer the water courses run almost dry.
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This leads to malaria brought by anophelese mosquitos.
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Almost everyone in Las Hurdes has malaria.
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A battle against the disease is being fought...
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...by doctors in the three "Trading Posts" of Las Hurdes.
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The larvae have to rise to the surface to breathe.
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If it stays parallel to the surface it's anophelese.
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If it stays perpendicular, it's a culex larva: and harmless.
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The adult anophelese is found in every home.
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See how it rests perpendicular to the wall.
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The outcome of an anophelese bite.
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This man has a fever.
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We encounter many sick people in the streets.
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This sick woman on a balcony is unaware of our presence.
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Balconies are rare...
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...in Las Hurdes.
:20:49
There are many dwarfs and cretins in Las Altas Hurdes.
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Their families usually employ them as goat herds.
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Some are dangerous.
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They flee from other people or attack them with stones.