What prams are really for..

Throughout Central Asia, I have been interested in the way people carry their small children around, held cradled in one or both arms, hanging over the shoulder or sometimes just held under one arm so the small child appears almost to be flying. From South East Asia I remember the usual way mothers carried their small children was using a large shawl, wrapped around themselves with baby wrapped inside, shoulders and head poking out. I assumed this was because puchchairs/prams etc were out of the price range of most mothers, but in Samrkand bazar I found the real answer. Prams are not for pushing lazy babies around at all, they have a far more important use....

To transport and sell bread at Samarkand bazar !