A washerman, or dhobi, at the Dhobi Khana washing collective presses linen with an electrical iron. Some others still use traditional charcoal-heated ones.
A washerwoman dressed in a traditional sari picks up laundry, hung up to dry in direct sunlight.
At Veli near Fort Kochi, a group of Tamil-speaking Vannan carry out manual laundry works; a tradition that is slowly disappearing due to the modern-day washing machine.
A dhobi hand-washes laundry in a small cubicle area, with his feet submerged in bleach and detergent water. The profession of washerman originated from the colonial era.
A factory worker sits on a cement floor of a storeroom in the historic Jew Town at Mattancherry in Fort Kochi and prepares sun dried ginger roots for export.
