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  • Portrait of an Akha Oma ethnic minority woman wearing her traditional clothing; Ban Sala Aebe, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. The Oma are one of Laos’ smallest ethnic groups with only a few villages in Phongsaly Province. Cotton growers, indigo dyers and exquisite embroiderers result in traditional clothing being both colourful and unique. 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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  • Using a gourd scoop, an Akha Oma woman prepares an indigo dye bath for dyeing handwoven cotton for making into traditional clothing. The Oma are one of Laos’ smallest ethnic groups with only a few villages in Phongsaly Province. Cotton growers, indigo dyers and exquisite embroiderers result in traditional clothing being both colourful and unique. 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 Oma woman sewing her traditional clothing in Ban Nam Leng, 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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  • Portrait of an Oma woman preparing vegetables in her kitchen wearing her traditional headdress, Ban Nam Leng, 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 Oma man from Ban Na Nam village harvests his hill rice. Slash and burn cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao PDR consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
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  • An Akha Oma woman from Ban Na Nam village eats sunflower seeds as a snack during a break from harvesting hill rice with a sickle. Upland rice is the main crop grown by Lao shifting cultivators but several other crops including sunflowers are often grown in smaller quantities in the same plot.  Slash and burn cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
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  • Cycling past the CCTV Headquarters is a 234m 44-storey skyscraper in the Beijing Central Business District or CBD. Affectionately known by the Chinese locals as The Underpants Building due to it's unique design. The tower serves as headquarters for China Central Television. Construction began in 2004 and the building's facade was completed in 2008. After the construction having been delayed as result of a fire which in February 2009 engulfed the adjacent Television Cultural Center, the Headquarters has been finally completed in May 2012. Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA were the architects in charge for the building, while Arup provided the complex engineering design.
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  • The CCTV Headquarters is a 234m 44-storey skyscraper in the Beijing Central Business District or CBD. Affectionately known by the Chinese locals as The Underpants Building due to it's unique design. The tower serves as headquarters for China Central Television. Construction began in 2004 and the building's facade was completed in 2008. After the construction having been delayed as result of a fire which in February 2009 engulfed the adjacent Television Cultural Center, the Headquarters has been finally completed in May 2012. Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA were the architects in charge for the building, while Arup provided the complex engineering design.
    20120602underpants building beijing_...jpg
  • The CCTV Headquarters is a 234m 44-storey skyscraper in the Beijing Central Business District or CBD. Affectionately known by the Chinese locals as The Underpants Building due to it's unique design. The tower serves as headquarters for China Central Television. Construction began in 2004 and the building's facade was completed in 2008. After the construction having been delayed as result of a fire which in February 2009 engulfed the adjacent Television Cultural Center, the Headquarters has been finally completed in May 2012. Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA were the architects in charge for the building, while Arup provided the complex engineering design.
    20120602underpants building beijing_...jpg
  • The CCTV Headquarters is a 234m 44-storey skyscraper in the Beijing Central Business District or CBD. Affectionately known by the Chinese locals as The Underpants Building due to it's unique design. The tower serves as headquarters for China Central Television. Construction began in 2004 and the building's facade was completed in 2008. After the construction having been delayed as result of a fire which in February 2009 engulfed the adjacent Television Cultural Center, the Headquarters has been finally completed in May 2012. Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA were the architects in charge for the building, while Arup provided the complex engineering design.
    20120602underpants building beijing_...jpg
  • Moped passing the CCTV Headquarters is a 234m 44-storey skyscraper in the Beijing Central Business District or CBD. Affectionately known by the Chinese locals as The Underpants Building due to it's unique design. The tower serves as headquarters for China Central Television. Construction began in 2004 and the building's facade was completed in 2008. After the construction having been delayed as result of a fire which in February 2009 engulfed the adjacent Television Cultural Center, the Headquarters has been finally completed in May 2012. Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA were the architects in charge for the building, while Arup provided the complex engineering design.
    20120602underpants building beijing_...jpg
  • The CCTV Headquarters is a 234m 44-storey skyscraper in the Beijing Central Business District or CBD. Affectionately known by the Chinese locals as The Underpants Building due to it's unique design. The tower serves as headquarters for China Central Television. Construction began in 2004 and the building's facade was completed in 2008. After the construction having been delayed as result of a fire which in February 2009 engulfed the adjacent Television Cultural Center, the Headquarters has been finally completed in May 2012. Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA were the architects in charge for the building, while Arup provided the complex engineering design.
    20120602underpants building beijing_...jpg
  • Moped passing the CCTV Headquarters is a 234m 44-storey skyscraper in the Beijing Central Business District or CBD. Affectionately known by the Chinese locals as The Underpants Building due to it's unique design. The tower serves as headquarters for China Central Television. Construction began in 2004 and the building's facade was completed in 2008. After the construction having been delayed as result of a fire which in February 2009 engulfed the adjacent Television Cultural Center, the Headquarters has been finally completed in May 2012. Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA were the architects in charge for the building, while Arup provided the complex engineering design.
    20120602underpants building beijing_...jpg
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