Photo by Chandan Khanna khannachandan

Photo by: Chandan Khanna/ @khannachandan
Red bruises caused by coining is seen on the back of a Cambodian woman as she embraces her child (not seen) at her makeshift house in a village near Siem Reap.
Kors kha-yal (coining), it is a common practice that many Cambodians be­lieve can “scrape bad wind” to the surface of the skin to restore the bo­dy to health. It involves rubbing the skin vigorously with a thin metal coin, producing angry red marks and purple bruises.
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