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Cures All Ills

Medan: cures all ills
 

Bouncing around Medan, Indonesia – came across this stall selling cures for all physical and social ills from small breasts to female odours to fighting

Every culture has desirable norms and ways to reach those norms. The relative unsophistication of this stall might trigger a giggle, but it’s a culture’s hopes and fears laid bare.

Medan: cures all ills

Medan: cures all ills

Medan: cures all ills

Medan: cures all ills