Farmers clearing once brimful water canals (PHOTOS)

The tradition has not drifted into oblivion, the region has been in the grip of an 18-year dry spell though.

As part of an age-old tradition, farmers in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan dredge the bottom of the canal that brings water to their farmland.

The tradition has not drifted into oblivion, the region has been in the grip of an 18-year dry spell though.

The following images have been published by the Islamic Republic News Agency:

 

 

Golrokh Askarieh

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