Although running water has come to most homes, many women still prefer to take their laundry down to creeks and streams to wash. To these women, the washing is not so much a chore as a social gathering.
居民不憚其煩地帶著臉盆、水桶、清潔劑，把大石頭當洗衣板，一樣把衣服洗得乾乾淨淨。而且這不只是洗衣活動而已，這往往也是一種「社交」活動，許多主婦一起蹲在水邊，一面洗衣，一面談談說說，真是其樂融融。