Three girls crushing rice, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

12. - MADAGASCAR. - On pile le riz en cadence" ("Crushing rice in rhythm"). At the side of a stone house, three girls with long wooden poles are crushing rice in a large concrete mortar. In the doorway of the house, a mother holds a child, a boy carries a baby on his back, and another boy sits on the ground. The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour < < l'OEuvre des Pretres Malgaches> > - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe.