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Young boy pasting glue on shoe sole at a shoe factory in Jaipur. This is not a child labour, he is just enjoying his work and is in a process of learning. He is trying to learn from two of the senior workers the art to make a Jaipuri shoes. They are traditionally made up of leather and with extensive embroidery. Handcrafted juttis are exported all over the world. Closely related to mojaris, juttis have evolved into several localized design variations, even depending upon the shoemaker. By and large, they have no left or right foot distinction, and over time take the shape of the foot. They usually have flat sole, and are similar in design for both women and men, except that, for men, they have a sharp extended tip, curved upwards like traditional mustaches, and are also called khussa, and
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