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foot binding Kwan Siew-Wah Binded feet bound feet bound foot

Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Wikipedia

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Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Wikipedia

The custom of applying tight binding to the feet of young girls to prevent further growth Wikipedia Disambiguation

A Chinese custom practiced on young girls from the 10th to early 20th centuries Wikipedia Disambiguation

Chinese custom of applying tight binding to the feet of young girls to modify the shape and size of their feet as a status symbol and mark of beauty, practised from 10th to early 20th centuries Wikidata

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