[Leica] Baku teeth, tea, and a girl

[leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)]

Beautiful slice of life, Matt.

Jay

On 8/25/2015 9:25 PM, Matt Kollasch wrote:
> When walking Sovetskaya district (where the houses are being razed) I came
> across a common sight: men drinking tea. This group included the daughter
> of one of the men. They offered me tea from the samovar set up on the
> street amidst the rubble. I accepted and sat down for a bit of rest.
>
> The Azeris often drink their tea with sugar in their teeth and grocery
> stores have huge sections for individually wrapped candy. I was offered
> some of that candy with my tea. In Azerbaijan you see a fair amount of
> people with gold teeth, which I surmise is the result of the combination of
> poor dental hygiene and this penchant for sweets. It may be getting better
> because young adults seem to have better hygiene... and there are many
> stomatology
> (dental ) offices around the city.
>
> The girl in this group of tea drinkers was playing with a magazine, as you
> can see here:
> http://www.kollarfoto.com/lug/2015/8/26/ds0eq7al8h0weho8yuusibupczmnzq