my favorite image -- xi Stilt fishing is a method of fishing unique to the island country of Sri Lanka

in #travel7 years ago



Stilt fishing is a method of fishing unique to the island country of Sri Lanka.

The fishermen sit on a cross bar called a petta tied to a vertical pole & driven into the sand a few meters offshore. the fishermen casts his line & waits until a fish comes along to be caught. 

stilt fishing is actually a recent tradition


image credit  http://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/08/the-stilt-fishermen-of-sri-lanka.html



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