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  • A 15 year old married Akha Nuquie ethnic minority woman sewing outside her home in Ban Pang Hok Kao village, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  She is wearing the Akha Nuquie traditional costume made from hand woven cotton and dyed with indigo and decoarated with hand embroidery typical of the Akha Nuquie sub-group; the high headdress distinguishes her as a married women. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • Portrait of a 15 year old married Akha Nuquie ethnic minority woman sewing outside her home in Ban Pang Hok Kao village, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  She is wearing the Akha Nuquie traditional costume made from hand woven cotton and dyed with indigo and decoarated with hand embroidery typical of the Akha Nuquie sub-group; the high headdress distinguishes her as a married women. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • An Akha Nuquie subsistence farmer wearing her traditional clothing scores illegally grown opium poppies using a 4 bladed tool in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • In the remote Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, women's first task of the day is to collect water using a gourd scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • Freshly harvested bundles of grass drying in an Akha Nuquie village in remote and roadless Ban Peryenxangmai village, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Lying in a cleared patch of the surrounding forest, typical Akha villages have houses which are made of bamboo and wood with thatched roofs and house 'horns' although increasingly houses now have corregated iron roofs. The Akha favour remote locations above the plains and valleys, generally 1000-1500m high where there is plenty of forest cover.
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  • An Akha Nuquie woman wearing her traditional costume on her way to back to the village of Ban Peryenxangmai with a roll of banana leaves collected from the forest, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The forest around an Akha village provides its inhabitants with a number of essential products including firewood, food and building materials.
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  • The remote and roadless Akha Nuquie village of Ban Peryenxangmai village, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Lying in a cleared patch of the surrounding forest, typical Akha villages have houses which are made of bamboo and wood with thatched roofs and house 'horns' although increasingly houses now have corregated iron roofs. The Akha favour remote locations above the plains and valleys, generally 1000-1500 m high where there is plenty of forest cover.
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  • In the remote Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, women's first task of the day is to collect water and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • An Akha Nuquie subsistence farmer wearing her traditional clothing pauses whilst scoring illegally grown opium poppies in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • Portrait of an Akha Nuquie woman and her baby in Ban Phanghok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • An Akha Nuquie ethnic minority woman washes her young daugher outside her bamboo home in Ban Km 62 village, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • In the remote and roadless Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, young girls first task of the day is collect water using a gourd scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. Although there is a small basic school in Ban Chakhampa, it is still rare for girls in such remote villages to go to school because they are required to help their families with jobs at home.
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  • In the remote and roadless Akha Nuquie village of Ban Peryenxangkao freshly harvested roof grass and indigo dyed cotton hang out to dry, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Lying in a cleared patch of the surrounding forest, typical Akha villages have houses which are made of bamboo and wood with thatched roofs and house 'horns' although increasingly houses now have corregated iron roofs. The Akha favour remote locations above the plains and valleys, generally 1000-1500 m high where there is plenty of forest cover.
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  • An Akha Nuquie subsistence farmer wearing her traditional clothing scores illegally grown opium poppies using a 4 bladed tool in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • A young girl wearing a headskarf in the remote Akha Nuquie village of Ban Peryenxangmai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Whilst there is a small primary school in Ban Peryenxangmai not all children are able to attend as their parents cannot afford the fees and need them to work at home or take care of younger siblings.
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  • In the remote and roadless Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, young girls first task of the day is to collect water using a gourd scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. Although there is a small basic school in Ban Chakhampa, it is still rare for girls in such remote villages to go to school because they are required to help their families with jobs at home.
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  • Villagers in the remote Akha Nuquie village of Ban Chakhampa watch construction traffic drive along the new road, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Whilst not affected directly by the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Dam 6 construction project, the village of Ban Chakhampa has benefitted from the new road passing by on the way to Ban Watai, a village which has recently been relocated due to the dam construction.
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  • An Akha Nuquie woman carries firewood home along the new road to the remote village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Whilst not affected directly by the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Dam 6 construction project, the village of Ban Chakhampa has benefitted from the new road passing by on the way to Ban Watai, a village which has recently been relocated due to the dam construction.
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  • A portrait of an Akha Nuquie man in Ban Chalern, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Whilst Akha women still often wear their traditional clothing every day, men usually wear Western clothing.
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  • In the remote Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Peryenxangmai, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, women's first task of the day is to collect water using a gourd scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • An Akha Nuquie woman sewing her traditional clothing in Ban Phanghok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • An Akha Nuquie woman sewing her traditional clothing in Ban Phanghok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • In the remote and roadless Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, young girls first task of the day is collect water using a plastic scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. Although there is a small basic school in Ban Chakhampa, it is still rare for girls in such remote villages to go to school because they are required to help their families with jobs at home.
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  • An elderly Akha Nuquie ethnic minority woman smokes tobacco with a pipe in Ban Huay Ou village, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • In the remote and roadless Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, young girls first task of the day is collect water using a plastic scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. Although there is a small basic school in Ban Chakhampa, it is still rare for girls in such remote villages to go to school because they are required to help their families with jobs at home.
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  • Portrait of a young Akha Nuquie woman wearing her traditional clothing at home in Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Her traditional costume is made from hand woven cotton and dyed with indigo and decoarated with hand embroidery typical of the Akha Nuquie sub-group; the high headdress distinguishes her as a married women. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals.
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  • An Akha Nuquie subsistence farmer wearing her traditional clothing scores illegally grown opium poppies using a 4 bladed tool in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • An Akha Nuquie subsistence farmer wearing her traditional clothing scores illegally grown opium poppies using a 4 bladed tool in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • An Akha Nuquie village with traditional grass roofed houses in remote Ban Peryenxangmai village, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Lying in a cleared patch of the surrounding forest, typical Akha villages have houses which are made of bamboo and wood with thatched roofs and house 'horns' although increasingly houses now have corregated iron roofs. The Akha favour remote locations above the plains and valleys, generally 1000-1500 m high where there is plenty of forest cover.
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  • Portrait of two Akha Nuquie women wearing traditional clothing on their way to back to the village of Ban Peryenxangmai carrying firewood collected from the surrounding forest, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The forest around an Akha village provides its inhabitants with a number of essential products including firewood, food and building materials.
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  • A married Akha Nuquie woman carries a bamboo basket filled with traditional bamboo water carriers full of water back to her village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • An Akha Nuquie subsistence farmer wearing her traditional clothing pauses whilst scoring illegally grown opium poppies in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • An Akha Nuquie subsistence farmer wearing her traditional clothing scores illegally grown opium poppies using a 4 bladed tool in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • An Akha Nuquie ethnic minority woman, carrying grass in a bamboo basket for making a house roof, spins cotton whilst walking back to the village, Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Akha women utilise every spare moment of the day to get something accomplished and can often be seen spinning cotton or embroidering a jacket everywhere from working on the farm to foraging in the forest.
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  • An Akha Nuquie subsistence farmer wearing her traditional clothing scores illegally grown opium poppies using a 4 bladed tool in an upland field in remote Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.
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  • In the remote and roadless Akha Nuquie ethnic minority village of Ban Chakhampa, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, young girls first task of the day is collect water using a gourd scoop and carry it back to the village in traditional bamboo water carriers. Although there is a small basic school in Ban Chakhampa, it is still rare for girls in such remote villages to go to school because they are required to help their families with jobs at home.
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  • An elderly Akha Nuquie ethnic minority woman smokes tobacco with a pipe in Ban Huay Ou village, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • An Akha Nuquie ethnic minority woman travels in a local boat along the Nam Ou river to the her home in roadless village of Phou-Yot, three hours walk from the river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR
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  • An Akha Nuquie ethnic minority woman sits in a local boat waiting to travel along the Nam Ou river to the her home in the roadless village of Phou-Yot, three hours walk from the river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR
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  • An Akha Puxo shirt 'button' made from aluminium, Ban Bounphieng, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  In the traditional Akha view art is something one wears and makes a statement which is ethnic, personal and aesthetic.
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  • The footpath through the forest between the remote and roadless Akha Nuquie villages of Ban Chakhampa and Ban Peryenxangkao in Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. There are still many villages in the mountainous areas of northern Laos that are communicable only by a network of narrow footpaths.
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  • Early morning mist in the trees along a footpath through the forest between remote and roadless Akha Nuquie villages of Ban Chakhampa and Ban Peryenxangkao in Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Forest around an Akha village provides its inhabitants with a number of essential products including firewood, food and building materials.
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  • An Akha Nuquie woman sews traditional clothing with her young daughter by her side in Ban Nam Sa village, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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