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Tuak is a drink which comes from the tuak palm tree. It may be taken fresh, or fermented to an alcoholic drink that also may be distilled into the local drink "sopi". Photos from Sabu (Sawu) Island in Nusa Tenggara Timor (NTT) province (Eastern Lesser Sundas), Indonesia.

  • 2003-05-042
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  • Climbing tuak palm
  • 2003-05-038
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  • Tending tuak palm
  • 2003-05-041
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  • Collecting tuak
  • 2003-05-040
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  • Climbing tuak palm
  • 2003-05-043
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  • Tuak juice fresh from the palm
  • 2003-05-018
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  • Honing knife before going to the fields