Stilt fishing is a method of fishing unique to the island country of Sri Lanka.
The fishermen sit on a cross bar called a petta tied to a vertical pole & driven into the sand a few meters offshore. the fishermen casts his line & waits until a fish comes along to be caught.
stilt fishing is actually a recent tradition
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