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  • The Music Director and Principal Conductor of the London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green, speaks during an interview on March 16th 2011 in London, United Kingdom. Christopher Warren-Green is a British violinist and conductor. He was born in Gloucestershire and attended Westminster City School, where he was a chorister, and later the Royal Academy of Music.
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  • The Music Director and Principal Conductor of the London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green, speaks during an interview on March 16th 2011 in London, United Kingdom. Christopher Warren-Green is a British violinist and conductor. He was born in Gloucestershire and attended Westminster City School, where he was a chorister, and later the Royal Academy of Music.
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  • The Music Director and Principal Conductor of the London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green, speaks during an interview on March 16th 2011 in London, United Kingdom. Christopher Warren-Green is a British violinist and conductor. He was born in Gloucestershire and attended Westminster City School, where he was a chorister, and later the Royal Academy of Music.
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  • The Music Director and Principal Conductor of the London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green, speaks during an interview on March 16th 2011 in London, United Kingdom. Christopher Warren-Green is a British violinist and conductor. He was born in Gloucestershire and attended Westminster City School, where he was a chorister, and later the Royal Academy of Music.
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  • A businesswoman walks past the sculpture entitled City Wing on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capitals financial district aka the Square Mile, on 11th July 2019, in London, England. City Wing is by the artist Christopher Le Brun. The ten-metre-tall bronze sculpture is by President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Christopher Le Brun, commissioned by Hammerson in 2009. It is called ‘The City Wing’ and has been cast by Morris Singer Art Founders, reputedly the oldest fine art foundry in the world.
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  • Financial industry businessmen walk past the sculpture entitled City Wing on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capitals financial district aka the Square Mile, on 11th July 2019, in London, England. City Wing is by the artist Christopher Le Brun. The ten-metre-tall bronze sculpture is by President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Christopher Le Brun, commissioned by Hammerson in 2009. It is called ‘The City Wing’ and has been cast by Morris Singer Art Founders, reputedly the oldest fine art foundry in the world.
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  • Two young city worker women walk past the sculpture entitled City Wing on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capitals financial district aka the Square Mile, on 11th July 2019, in London, England. City Wing is by the artist Christopher Le Brun. The ten-metre-tall bronze sculpture is by President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Christopher Le Brun, commissioned by Hammerson in 2009. It is called ‘The City Wing’ and has been cast by Morris Singer Art Founders, reputedly the oldest fine art foundry in the world.
    city_people-18-11-07-2019.jpg
  • A financial industry businesswoman in red walks past the sculpture entitled City Wing on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capitals financial district aka the Square Mile, on 11th July 2019, in London, England. City Wing is by the artist Christopher Le Brun. The ten-metre-tall bronze sculpture is by President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Christopher Le Brun, commissioned by Hammerson in 2009. It is called ‘The City Wing’ and has been cast by Morris Singer Art Founders, reputedly the oldest fine art foundry in the world.
    city_people-17-11-07-2019.jpg
  • A financial industry businessman  walks past the sculpture entitled City Wing on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capitals financial district aka the Square Mile, on 11th July 2019, in London, England. City Wing is by the artist Christopher Le Brun. The ten-metre-tall bronze sculpture is by President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Christopher Le Brun, commissioned by Hammerson in 2009. It is called ‘The City Wing’ and has been cast by Morris Singer Art Founders, reputedly the oldest fine art foundry in the world.
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  • A lady holds on to her wide-brimmed hat while walking past the sculpture entitled City Wing on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capitals financial district aka the Square Mile, on 11th July 2019, in London, England. City Wing is by the artist Christopher Le Brun. The ten-metre-tall bronze sculpture is by President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Christopher Le Brun, commissioned by Hammerson in 2009. It is called ‘The City Wing’ and has been cast by Morris Singer Art Founders, reputedly the oldest fine art foundry in the world.
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  • A financial industry businessman stands beneath the sculpture entitled City Wing on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capitals financial district aka the Square Mile, on 11th July 2019, in London, England. City Wing is by the artist Christopher Le Brun. The ten-metre-tall bronze sculpture is by President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Christopher Le Brun, commissioned by Hammerson in 2009. It is called ‘The City Wing’ and has been cast by Morris Singer Art Founders, reputedly the oldest fine art foundry in the world.
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  • Christopher Werkowicz, a street entertainer and busker playing a tuba which shoots out fire. Using a switch on the side of the instrument, a small amount of gas is released and flames appear. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
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  • Christopher Werkowicz, a street entertainer and busker playing a tuba which shoots out fire. Using a switch on the side of the instrument, a small amount of gas is released and flames appear. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140906_south bank tuba fire_E.jpg
  • Christopher Werkowicz, a street entertainer and busker playing a tuba which shoots out fire. Using a switch on the side of the instrument, a small amount of gas is released and flames appear. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140906_south bank tuba fire_D.jpg
  • Christopher Werkowicz, a street entertainer and busker playing a tuba which shoots out fire. Using a switch on the side of the instrument, a small amount of gas is released and flames appear. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140906_south bank tuba fire_C.jpg
  • Christopher Werkowicz, a street entertainer and busker playing a tuba which shoots out fire. Using a switch on the side of the instrument, a small amount of gas is released and flames appear. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140906_south bank tuba fire_B.jpg
  • Christopher Werkowicz, a street entertainer and busker playing a tuba which shoots out fire. Using a switch on the side of the instrument, a small amount of gas is released and flames appear. The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district, and home to an endless list of activities for Londoners, visitors and tourists alike.
    20140906_south bank tuba fire_A.jpg
  • St Paul's Cathedral, London. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, this is one of London's most famous landmarks and tourist attractions.
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  • St Paul's Cathedral, London. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, this is one of London's most famous landmarks and tourist attractions.
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  • Monument, London. Sir Christopher Wren's flame-topped monument to the Great Fire of 1666.
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  • A lady lights a cigarette as a younger, healthier woman walks past the sculpture entitled City Wing on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 17th June 2019, in London, England. This ten-metre-tall bronze sculpture is by President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Christopher Le Brun, commissioned by Hammerson in 2009. ‘The City Wing’ and has been cast by Morris Singer Art Founders, reputedly the oldest fine art foundry in the world.
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  • City businessmen walk past the sculpture entitled City Wing on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 17th June 2019, in London, England. This ten-metre-tall bronze sculpture is by President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Christopher Le Brun, commissioned by Hammerson in 2009. ‘The City Wing’ and has been cast by Morris Singer Art Founders, reputedly the oldest fine art foundry in the world.
    city_people-17-17-06-2019.jpg
  • The Sir Christopher, an SR.N4 Hovercraft arriving at Ramsgate from the French coast. The SR.N4 (Saunders-Roe Nautical 4) hovercraft was a large passenger and vehicle carrying hovercraft  built by the British Hovercraft Corporation  (BHC). Work on the SR.N4 began in 1965 and the first trials took place in early 1968. The SR.N4 was the largest hovercraft built to that date, designed to carry 254 passengers in two cabins besides a two-lane automobile bay which held up to 30 cars. Cars were driven from a bow ramp just forward of the cockpit / wheelhouse.  The SR.N4's operated services across the English Channel between 1968 and 2000, when the Channel Tunnel made their service unprofitable.
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  • St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK, is a Church of England cathedral. St Paul's sits at the highest point in the City of London. The present church dating from the late 17th century was built to an English Baroque design of Sir Christopher Wren, as part of a major rebuilding program which took place in the city.
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  • Sightseeing tour bus full of tourists passes St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK. A majour tourist attraction. St Paul's sits at the highest point in the City of London. The present church dating from the late 17th century was built to an English Baroque design of Sir Christopher Wren, as part of a major rebuilding program which took place in the city.
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  • Sightseeing tour bus full of tourists passes St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK. A majour tourist attraction. St Paul's sits at the highest point in the City of London. The present church dating from the late 17th century was built to an English Baroque design of Sir Christopher Wren, as part of a major rebuilding program which took place in the city.
    20120922st pauls tour bus_A_1.jpg
  • Red London Routemaster bus passes St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK. St Paul's sits at the highest point in the City of London. The present church dating from the late 17th century was built to an English Baroque design of Sir Christopher Wren, as part of a major rebuilding program which took place in the city.
    20120922st pauls routemaster_A_1.jpg
  • St Paul's Cathedral, London. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, this is one of London's most famous landmarks and tourist attractions.
    20100421st paulsC.jpg
  • St Paul's Cathedral, London. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, this is one of London's most famous landmarks and tourist attractions.
    20100421st paulsB.jpg
  • St Paul's Cathedral, London. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, this is one of London's most famous landmarks and tourist attractions.
    20100421st paulsA.jpg
  • Monument, London. Sir Christopher Wren's flame-topped monument to the Great Fire of 1666.
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  • Monument, London. Sir Christopher Wren's flame-topped monument to the Great Fire of 1666.
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  • A painted mural in depicting Brazil's 1958 World Cup win hosted by Sweden showing the winning score line against the teams that took them to the victorious final, Rio de Janeiro, 2013.
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  • Luo Ming Wei  with his brothers carefully sample Pu'er tea that their factory is presently producing before it's sent away for sale. They wash the leaves in boiling water and then infuse the tea in fresh water for a few minutes before serving, Yi Wu village, Yunnan province, China.
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  • Luo Ming Wei (center), with his brothers carefully sample the tea that their factory is presently producing before it's sent away for sale. They wash the leaves in boiling water and then infuse the tea in fresh water for a few minutes before serving, Yi Wu village, Yunnan province, China.
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  • Villagers repair nets in the harbour of Jin Shan Island, China
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  • Two men play Mahjong on island of Jin Shan, China
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  • Fisherman Zhang Zhi Ping having lunch with his wife and friends
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  • Fisherman at the helm of his fishing trawler off the island of Jin Shan, China
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  • Tibetan buddhist monks collect drinking water from a well inside the monastic complex of Atsog Monastery, deep inside rural Xinghai County, Qinghai province, China
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu,  every morning after having spent time in the main Prayer Hall inside the moanatery  will head to the prayer wheels and spin them, each full turn will represent one iteration of the chants  he has conducted within the  300 years old walls of Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, reads  the Buddha's teachings under the watchful smile of the  present Dalai Lama in his small but well equiped and furnished living space  comprising of a living room / bedroom and a small wood fired kitchen, within the  300 years old walls of Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, reading the Buddha's teachings in his small but well equiped and furnished living space  comprising of a living room / bedroom and a small wood fired kitchen, within the  300 years old walls of Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, walks through the grounds of 300 years old Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, 29  working at sewing machine with fellow monk where they are making  curtains within the complex of Atsog monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, removes the night's covering of snow off his car, which waas given to him by his parents in front of his small but well furnished  and equiped living space comprising of a living room / bedroom and a  wood fired kitchen in side the complex of the 300 years old Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, preparing and eating breakfast comprising of hot water mixed with barley and Yak butter  to make a high energy paste known as Tsampa in his small but well furnished living space (living room / bedroom) in 300 years old Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • Farming villager A Hua, weaving a cloth on a traditional loom, Zha Lu Village, Yunnan Province, China.
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  • A Hua picks tea on the slopes outside her village of  Zha Lu, Yunnan province, China bordering Myanmar and Laos. She together with her husband and parents tend to 2.3 acres of tea plantations which earn them U$S 1300 / year. In the steamy subtropical climate they are able to harvest tea leaves all year round except for December and January. They grow the highly prized Pu'er variety of tea.
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  • Pu' er tea  in packaging,  Yi Wu village, Yunnan Province, China
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  • Pu' er tea factory. The drying of the tea "disks" once they have gone through quality control and have been pressed takes up to a year as during this time there is a natural process of fermentation which involves the natural bacterial and fungal action on the drying disks before they are packaged and made ready for sale,   Yi Wu village, Yunnan province, China.
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  • Luo Ming Wei, in the  Pu'er tea factory he co-owns with two brothers assessing the quality of the tea that they are packaging to ensure the right consistency, fragrance and maturity,  Yi Wu village, Yunnan Province, close to the Laos and Myanmar border.
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  • Luo Ming Wei (on left), tea factory owner purchases directly from  tea plantation owner A Hua and husband their most recent harvest, after carefully inpecting it for its quality.  Having  freshly cut the tea leaves, scorched, dried and bagged them A Hua and husband are  seen weighing and selling  their production.  They, as most of the Chinese economy  are being paid for its supply in cash, Zha Lu Village, Yunnan Province,  bordering Myanmar and Laos. She together with her family tend to 2.3 acres of tea plantations which earn them U$S 1300 / year. In the steamy subtropical climate they are able to harvest tea leaves all year round except for December and January. They grow the highly prized Pu'er variety of tea.
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  • A Hua 23, after having picked the tea leaves scorches them in a large “wok” to remove moisture and excess water before being put out to dry. This process is known as sha qing (kill the green),  Zha Lu village, Yunnan province bordering Myanmar and Laos. She together with her husband and parents tend to 2.3 acres of tea plantations which earn them U$S 1300 / year. In the steamy subtropical climate they are able to harvest tea leaves all year round except for December and January. They grow the highly prized Pu'er variety of tea.
    chitea_013_1.jpg
  • A Hua 23, after having picked the tea leaves scorches them in a large “wok” to remove moisture and excess water before being put out to dry. This process is known as sha qing (kill the green),  Zha Lu village, Yunnan province bordering Myanmar and Laos. She together with her husband and parents tend to 2.3 acres of tea plantations which earn them U$S 1300 / year. In the steamy subtropical climate they are able to harvest tea leaves all year round except for December and January. They grow the highly prized Pu'er variety of tea.
    chitea_012_1.jpg
  • A Hua picks tea on the slopes outside her village of  Zha Lu, Yunnan province, China bordering Myanmar and Laos. She together with her husband and parents tend to 2.3 acres of tea plantations which earn them U$S 1300 / year. In the steamy subtropical climate they are able to harvest tea leaves all year round except for December and January. They grow the highly prized Pu'er variety of tea.
    chitea_009_1.jpg
  • Chen Xiao Sa, 8 years old does her home work with a friend outside her home whilst good daylight allows, Dong Da Jian village, Shaanxi Province.
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  • Portrait of Chen Xiao Sa,  8 years old with parents and grandparents, Dong Da Jian village, Shaanxi Province.<br />
Chen's grandparents are farmers and own a minute plot of land from which they derive a subsistence income. As a consequence of this        Chen's parents are migrant workers whom live and have worked for years in the factories of Guangzhou city . They send back the income from which the grandparents and child live off. Since her birth they have seen Chen four short times, being therefore largely brought up by the grandparents a phenomenon that affects millions of working families across China's rapid industrial expansion.
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  • Young primary school children (8 year olds), finish lessons mid afternoon and walk out of Dong Da Jian village Elementary school, Saahxi province and head back home to do their homework and have dinner, China
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  • Zhang Lin, 23 at the Xiao Bai Hua Shaoxing Opera Troupe Co’s HQ’s,  plays with one of China’s oldest and noblest musical instruments, the Zheng, similar to Japan's Koto, which she taught herself to play as a young girl.
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  • Zhang Lin, 23 leading Yue opera performer from the Xiao Bai Hua Shaoxing Opera Troupe dresses up backstage into one of the many  costumes during her night's performance in a rural village close to Shaoxing City, Zhe Jiang province, China.                                She is one of the leading ights of Yue opera which as a form was born as late as the 1930's and she's been part of this troupe since she was 14. Today Yue opera like all traditional art forms faces stiff competition from television and all sorts of other entertainment and  as the troupe  no longer receive significant state funding, they must perform at least 150 times a year travelling far and wide across the country
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  • Zhang Lin, 23 leading Yue opera performer from the Xiao Bai Hua Shaoxing Opera Troupe dresses up backstage into one of the many  costumes during her night's performance in a rural village close to Shaoxing City, Zhe Jiang province, China.                                She is one of the leading ights of Yue opera which as a form was born as late as the 1930's and she's been part of this troupe since she was 14. Today Yue opera like all traditional art forms faces stiff competition from television and all sorts of other entertainment and  as the troupe  no longer receive significant state funding, they must perform at least 150 times a year travelling far and wide across the country
    chiopera_019_1.jpg
  • Zhang Lin, 23 leading Yue opera performer from the Xiao Bai Hua Shaoxing Opera Troupe during a performance in a rural village close to Shaoxing City, Zhe Jiang province, China.                                She is one of the leading ights of Yue opera which as a form was born as late as the 1930's and she's been part of this troupe since she was 14. Today Yue opera like all traditional art forms faces stiff competition from television and all sorts of other entertainment and  as the troupe  no longer receive significant state funding, they must perform at least 150 times a year travelling far and wide across the country
    chiopera_016_1.jpg
  • Zhang Lin, 23 leading Yue opera performer from the Xiao Bai Hua Shaoxing Opera Troupe during a performance in a rural farming village close to Shaoxing City, Zhe Jiang province, China.                                She is one of the leading ights of Yue opera which as a form was born as late as the 1930's and she's been part of this troupe since she was 14. Today Yue opera like all traditional art forms faces stiff competition from television and all sorts of other entertainment and  as the troupe  no longer receive significant state funding, they must perform at least 150 times a year travelling far and wide across the country
    chiopera_013_1.jpg
  • A  Yue Opera’s audience in a farming village close to Shaoxing city, ZheJiang province
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  • Zhang Lin, 23 leading Yue opera performer from the Xiao Bai Hua Shaoxing Opera Troupe in final stages of putting on her make-up before a performance in a rural village close to Shaoxing City, Zhe Jiang province, China.                                She is one of the leading ights of Yue opera which as a form was born as late as the 1930's and she's been part of this troupe since she was 14. Today Yue opera like all traditional art forms faces stiff competition from television and all sorts of other entertainment and  as the troupe  no longer receive significant state funding, they must perform at least 150 times a year travelling far and wide across the country
    chiopera_005_1.jpg
  • Zhang Lin, 23 leading Yue opera performer from the Xiao Bai Hua Shaoxing Opera Troupe having her make-up applied before a performance in a rural village close to Shaoxing City, Zhe Jiang province, China.                                She is one of the leading ights of Yue opera which as a form was born as late as the 1930's and she's been part of this troupe since she was 14. Today Yue opera like all traditional art forms faces stiff competition from television and all sorts of other entertainment and  as the troupe  no longer receive significant state funding, they must perform at least 150 times a year travelling far and wide across the country
    chiopera_002_1.jpg
  • Bride Ai Xia and Groom Liu Xiao Ning leave her home in Chang Qu village,  for a new life, Shaanxi, China
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  • Bride Ai Xia is picked up by Groom Liu Xiao Ning leaving her cave home in Chang Qu village,  for a new life, Shaanxi, China
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  • Wedding party band play in the village of Chang Qu outside a cave house (dwelling), Shaanxi, China
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  • Poster calendar inside a cave dwelling house, Shaanxi province, China
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  • Chang Lin goes out to collect sunflower crop from near by fields, Chang Qu village, Shaanxi, China.
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  • Chang Lin has a mid morning break from work in Chang Qu village. He sits inside his Cave house, Shaanxi, China
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  • Chang Lin and Du Mei  mill corn in their courtyard with  their Cave house in the background, Chang Qu village, Shaanxi, China
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  • Chang Lin and Du Mei  mill corn in their courtyard with  their Cave house in the background, Chang Qu village, Shaanxi, China
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  • Du Cai Mei prepares a meal with the help of her husband, Chang Lin, Chang Qu village, Shaanxi, China.
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  • Du Cai Mei prepares breakfast in her cave dwelling / house, Chang Qu village, Shaanxi, China
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  • The cave house of farmer Chang Lin’s and family in the village of Chang Qu in northern Shaanxi province, China.
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  • Details of traditional Uighur instruments in a Kashgar city shop, China
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  • Detail of the wide variety of tools used to make traditional Uighur and other Muslim and Central Asian instruments: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek, etc.  in Kashgar city's most respected workshop, China
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  • Detail of the wide variety of tools used to make traditional Uighur and other Muslim and Central Asian instruments: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek, etc.  in Kashgar city's most respected workshop, China
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  • Details of instrument making: using bone, plastic, sheep’s horns in the music instrument workshop of Kashgar city's most respected maker Ababakri Selay, China
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  • Ababakri Selay, 80 is a Uighur of Turkic origin, he has been making over 40 varieties of  traditional instruments in his workshop: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek and many others, including those of  his own creation for five generations.  These five generations have lived through Chinese imperial rule, Russian influence, civil war, and back to Chinese rule. Amidst all this they have continued to make music and instruments and sold them throughout the Muslim region he inhabits.  They are the principal instrument makers in the city, an in their institution in their own right and highly respected, Kashgar city, China
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  • Ababakri Selay, 80 and son, Muhammad Turson, 40 are Uighurs of Turkic origin, they make  over 40 varieties of instruments in ther workshop: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek and many others, including those of  their own creation. Five generations have been involved in this traditional instrument making. These five generations have lived through Chinese imperial rule, Russian influence, civil war, and back to chinese rule. Amidst all this they have continued to make music and instruments and sold them throughout the Muslim region they inhabit.  They are the principal instrument makers in the city, an institution in their own right and highly respected, Kashgar city, China
    chimusika_003_1.jpg
  • Ababakri Selay, 80 and son, Muhammad Turson, 40 are Uighurs of Turkic origin, they make  over 40 varieties of instruments in ther workshop: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek and many others, including those of  their own creation. Five generations have been involved in this traditional instrument making. These five generations have lived through Chinese imperial rule, Russian influence, civil war, and back to chinese rule. Amidst all this they have continued to make music and instruments and sold them throughout the Muslim region they inhabit.  They are the principal instrument makers in the city, an institution an institution in their own right and highly respected, Kashgar city, China
    chimusika_002_1.jpg
  • Ababakri Selay, 80 and son, Muhammad Turson, 40 are Uighurs of Turkic origin, they make  over 40 varieties of instruments in ther workshop: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek and many others, including those of  their own creation. Five generations have been involved in this traditional instrument making. These five generations have lived through Chinese imperial rule, Russian influence, civil war, and back to chinese rule. Amidst all this they have continued to make music and instruments and sold them throughout the Muslim region they inhabit.  They are the principal instrument makers in the city, an institution an institution in their own right and highly respected, Kashgar city, China
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  • The central figure of the Manfeilang Monastery ( of the Dai denomination) is the White Pagoda  which lies on elevated ground on the banks of the Mekong river in south west Yunnan province.  Dai monasteries are built in the centre of a village or as in this case outside  on higher ground.<br />
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Built in 1204, the Manfeilang monastery complex is in fact a cluster of nine pagodas or stupas, to enshrine what is purported to be the Buddha’s footprint. The whole ensemble forms a fusion of Southeast Asian Buddhist style with typical Dai architecture. It is popular for Buddhist pilgrims from the surrounding region which attracts thousands during the Tan Ta Festival in late October early November each year.  In this region and in these Dai and Sino-Burmese monasteries, Theravada Buddhism is the religion that is practiced.
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  • The central figure of the Manfeilang Monastery ( of the Dai denomination) is the White Pagoda  which lies on elevated ground on the banks of the Mekong river in south west Yunnan province.  Dai monasteries are built in the centre of a village or as in this case outside  on higher ground.<br />
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Built in 1204, the Manfeilang monastery complex is in fact a cluster of nine pagodas or stupas, to enshrine what is purported to be the Buddha’s footprint. The whole ensemble forms a fusion of Southeast Asian Buddhist style with typical Dai architecture. It is popular for Buddhist pilgrims from the surrounding region which attracts thousands during the Tan Ta Festival in late October early November each year.  In this region and in these Dai and Sino-Burmese monasteries, Theravada Buddhism is the religion that is practiced.
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  • Namu's Palace, house belongs to Namu a now famous Mo Suo minority  woman whom is a big star on Chinese TV. Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.
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  • Mu Ze Latso with a friend, also from the Mo Suo minority visit a Buddhist temple in Yongning town, north west Yunnan Province, close to Tibetan and Sichuan border.<br />
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Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
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  • Mu Ze Latso, 22, shares a joke and an intimate moment with her mother Mu Ze Namu, they belong to the Mo Suo minority / tribe from Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room
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  • Mu Ze Latso, 22,  at home with her parents, Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
    chilugu_039_1.jpg
  • Mu Ze Latso visits a neighbour and mother of the mayor of the village on Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
    chilugu_037_1.jpg
  • Mu Ze Latso feeds algae from Lugu lake to her chickens, donkey, and cows.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
    chilugu_034_1.jpg
  • Mu Ze Latso, a Mo Suo minority girl returns home with a large basket strapped to her back containing the algae from the lake which she will then feed to her animals.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
    chilugu_033_1.jpg
  • Together with a Mo Suo friend Mu Ze Latso goes down to Lugu Lake to collect  a type of algae / plant which she then feeds to her livestock: hens, ducks,  pigs, cow, etc. northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
    chilugu_030-2_1.jpg
  • Mu Ze Latso working in  the family's courtyard with mother and father and a neighbour's child, close to  Lugu lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
    chilugu_028_1.jpg
  • Close up of family meal in home close to the shores of Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
    chilugu_026_1.jpg
  • Mu Ze Latso with family have lunch together amid posters of Mao  Zedong and  the Dalai Lama in home close to the shores of Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
    chilugu_024-2_1.jpg
  • Mu Ze Latso  prepares lunch at home amidst hanging corns and posters and photos of the Dalai Lama, in village along the shores of Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
<br />
Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
    chilugu_022_1.jpg
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