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  • A Brokpa woman making 'Datse', a small handmade cheese made from cow's milk. Rural Bhutanese farmers make butter and cheese partly for storage or as a preserved form of milk for self consumption, with any excess being sold for cash or traded with neighbouring villages for daily necessities.
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  • 'Datse', a small handmade cheese made from cow's milk for sale at the Sunday market in Paro, Western Bhutan. Paro's weekly market is a small traditional market and the place to purchase Bhutan's unique local products. Datse is used in almost every Bhutanese dish including the national dish 'ema datse', chillies with cheese.
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  • 'Datse', a small handmade cheese made from cow's milk for sale at the Sunday market in Paro, Western Bhutan. Paro's weekly market is a small traditional market and the place to purchase Bhutan's unique local products. Datse is used in almost every Bhutanese dish including the national dish 'ema datse', chillies with cheese.
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  • A woman holds a handmade pot made using a wheel in the specialist pottery village of Ban Chan, 3 km from the heritage city of Luang Prabang. In Ban Chan age old traditions and methods continue to be used for producing pottery both for local use and commercial markets.
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  • Handmade pots drying in the specialist pottery village of Ban Chan, 3 km from the heritage city of Luang Prabang, where age old traditions and methods continue to be used for producing pottery both for local use and commercial markets
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  • Handmade pots drying in the specialist pottery village of Ban Chan, 3 km from the heritage city of Luang Prabang, where age old traditions and methods continue to be used for producing pottery both for local use and commercial markets
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  • A handmade hanging decoration made by Yao ethnic minority women for selling to tourists in Ban Nammy village, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR.
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  • A handmade child's bib made by a Hmong ethnic minority woman for sale at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts. Using their skilful embroidering and combining the sophisticated, colourful motifs that have traditionally adorned their clothing they have created aprons, tablecloths, cushion and bed covers, slippers and more which they sell to tourists at the Luang Prabang night market.
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  • A Nepalese factory worker shows a small finished carpet handmade in the R.C rug factory in the Narayanthan area of Kathmandu, Nepal.  Larger finished rugs have been rolled up while other rugs are hanging to dry. These rugs are exported to Europe the U.S and Canada.
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  • A No Pedestrians entry sign on the red door of a local garage business. Seen as a detail, we look at the surface of the wooden door painted red but peeling on the bottom part. The triangular-shaped sign looks handmade with the shop-bought sign on the top.
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  • A handmade fabric watch made by Hmong ethnic minority women for sale at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts.
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  • A handmade Hmong recycled metal sickle with a bamboo handle used for harvesting rice, Ban Long Lan, Luang Prabang province, Lao PDR.
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  • Handmade children's slippers made by Hmong ethnic minority women for sale at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts.
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  • Portrait of a shepherd in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. His shepherd's hat and cloak, a handwoven checked woollen blanket are particular to the Brasov region. Shepherd’s hats are totally handmade. The interior should be white and it should hold water so that the shepherd can use it to collect water from streams to wash in when he’s up in the mountains.
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  • Portrait of a shepherd wearing plastic leggings and a traditional shepherd's hat in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Shepherd’s hats are totally handmade. The interior should be white and it should hold water so that the shepherd can use it to collect water from streams to wash in when he’s up in the mountains. Whereas in most countries sheep are reared for wool and meat, in Romania these are seen as by-products and the real purpose of the flock is to produce branza or cheese.
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  • A handmade fabric purse with an elephant design made by Hmong ethnic minority women for sale at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts.
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  • A handmade child's bib made by Hmong ethnic minority women for sale at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts. Using their skilful embroidering and combining the sophisticated, colourful motifs that have traditionally adorned their clothing they have created aprons, tablecloths, cushion and bed covers, slippers and more which they sell to tourists at the Luang Prabang night market.
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  • A handmade hanging decoration made by Yao ethnic minority women for selling to tourists in Ban Nammy village, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR.
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  • Piano detail shot. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • A Ko Pala woman weaves home grown, organic cotton fabric on a basic loom outside her home in Ban Lao Li, Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.  In some areas, Pala women still grow, gin and spin cotton into thread and set up their looms outdoors for weaving cotton. 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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  • A wooden mould for casting spoons made from recycled aluminium sourced from Vietnam War debris and melted in an earthen kiln in Ban Naphia, a remote Tai Phouan village in mountainous Xieng Khouang Province in Northern Laos. Laos is the most bombed country, per capita, in the world with more than two million tons of ordnance dropped on it during the Vietnam War from 1963 to 1974.12 artisan families began transforming war scrap into spoons (150,000 per year) in the 1970s to supplement subsistence farming activities. Supported by the Swiss NGO Helvetas, the project works to make the scrap metal supply chain safer for artisans and scrap collectors by collaborating with organisations such as Mines Advisory Group (MAG) that specialise in unexploded ordnance removal and education. More recently the villagers have started making bracelets and other items.
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  • A beautifully simple white cotton shirt by couturier Margaret Howell is displayed in the company's workshop factory in Edmonton, North London. England. Ironed without creases, the garment has been set on a dress making tailor's dummy made by Kennett and Lindsell of Romford Essex. The pure white shirt is seen against a similarly-toned white wall and lit by daylight. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • Plants woven together on 17th November 2009 in the backwaters near Alappuzha aka Alleppey, Kerela, India.
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  • An old woman weaving plants together on 17th November 2009 in the backwaters near Alappuzha aka Alleppey, Kerela, India.
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  • ‘No ID No Razor’ sign in the window of the Prison Officers office in a Wing in Her Majesty’s Prison Pentonville, London, United Kingdom.  Each prisoner has to sign their razor in and out into a book for safety and security reasons.
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  • On the day that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to have Parliament suspended by Queen Elizabeth, days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline, Leave voters protest with their We Want Our Country Back banners opposite the Cabinet Office where daily Brexit contingency planning meetings take place, on 28th August 2019, in Whitehall, Westminster, London, England.
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  • On the day that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to have Parliament suspended by Queen Elizabeth, days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline, Leave voters protest with their We Want Our Country Back banners opposite the Cabinet Office where daily Brexit contingency planning meetings take place, on 28th August 2019, in Whitehall, Westminster, London, England.
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  • A week after the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, a rain-spattered poster sends a We Still Have Hope message to American patriots, on 19th September 2001, New York, USA.
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  • Hand making a clay pot in Kyauk Daing pottery village on the banks of Inle Lake on 21st January 2016 in Shan State, Myanmar
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  • Piano detail. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano detail. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano detail. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano detail shot. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano detail shot. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano detail shot. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Royal appointment certificate - John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker male tuning a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano detail shot. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano detail shot. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker woman female tuning a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker woman female tuning a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano detail shot. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano detail shot. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker man tuning a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano detail shot. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker man tuning a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker man tuning a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano detail shot. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker man stringing a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker man stringing a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker man stringing a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker man stringing a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker man stringing a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker man stringing a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker man stringing a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano maker man stringing a piano. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano detail shot. John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano makers at John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • Piano makers at John Broadwood and sons piano makers by Royal appointment, they are the oldest established piano maker in the World. Workshop and piano museum, Finchcocks, Kent, UK.
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  • A Brokpa farmer hand making fresh cow's milk butter by hand, Thagthi village, Eastern Bhutan. Rural Bhutanese farmers make butter and cheese partly for storage or as a preserved form of milk for self consumption, with any excess being sold for cash or traded with neighbouring villages for daily necessities.
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  • A handwoven woollen yathra skarf on a Tibetan style loom outside her farmhouse in the Tang Valley, Bumthang, Central Bhutan. Yathra is a hand woven fabric made from the wool of sheep and yak and is the most famous textile product of Bumthang. Yathra cloth is made into skarfs, jackets, table cloths and bags.
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  • Freshly made butter on the kitchen floor of a Brokpa ethnic minority house in Thagthi, Eastern Bhutan. Rural Bhutanese farmers and herders make butter and cheese partly for storage or as a preserved form of milk for self consumption, with any excess being sold for cash or traded with neighbouring villages for daily necessities.
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  • Detail shot of a pair of traditional Gaucho belts, Reponte da Cancao music festival and song competition in Sao Lorenzo do Sul, RIo Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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  • Brazilian Gaucha woman selling showing traditional Gaucho crafts made from wood, figurines, on a stall at Reponte da Cancao music festival and song competition in Sao Lorenzo do Sul, RIo Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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  • Detail shot of traditional Gaucho crafts made from wood, figurines. Reponte da Cancao music festival and song competition in Sao Lorenzo do Sul, RIo Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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  • A Hindu Cham potter in the famous pottery village of Bau Truc in Central Vietnam. Cham potters do not use a wheel to make pots, instead clay is pressed into shape using the hands. Layers of clay are added to the original piece and the potter moves around the object, pressing the clay into the desired shape. They are then put directly in the sun and completely bone dried, making them ready to be fired. Firing is done in an open pit with temperatures going up to 800 degree Celcius. The pots are arranged together and covered with layers of rice straw, which is set on fire.
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  • Hand-making ceramic pots using a traditional method in the famous pottery village of Bau Truc in Central Vietnam. Cham potters do not use a wheel to make pots, instead clay is pressed into shape using the hands. Layers of clay are added to the original piece and the potter moves around the object, pressing the clay into the desired shape. They are then put directly in the sun and completely bone dried, making them ready to be fired. Firing is done in an open pit with temperatures going up to 800 degree Celcius. The pots are arranged together and covered with layers of rice straw, which is set on fire.
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  • A Hindu Cham woman makes a ceramic pot using a traditional method in the famous pottery village of Bau Truc in Central Vietnam. Cham potters do not use a wheel to make pots, instead clay is pressed into shape using the hands. Layers of clay are added to the original piece and the potter moves around the object, pressing the clay into the desired shape. They are then put directly in the sun and completely bone dried, making them ready to be fired. Firing is done in an open pit with temperatures going up to 800 degree Celcius. The pots are arranged together and covered with layers of rice straw, which is set on fire.
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  • Young Hmong Der (White Hmong) women wearing contemporary Hmong traditional costumes taking selfie portraits on a mobile phone at Ban Km 52 Hmong New Year celebration Vientiane province, Lao PDR. The Hmong celebration of New Year is based on the lunar calendar. This important time is an opportunity to honour ancestors and spirits through offerings and rituals and to partake in games, sports, feasts, shows, bullfights and courtship. The Hmong are the third largest ethnic group in Laos. 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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  • Young Hmong Der (White Hmong) women wearing contemporary Hmong traditional costumes taking selfie portraits on a mobile phone at Ban Km 52 Hmong New Year celebration Vientiane province, Lao PDR. The Hmong celebration of New Year is based on the lunar calendar. This important time is an opportunity to honour ancestors and spirits through offerings and rituals and to partake in games, sports, feasts, shows, bullfights and courtship. The Hmong are the third largest ethnic group in Laos. 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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  • Young Hmong Der (White Hmong) women wearing contemporary Hmong traditional costumes taking selfie portraits on a mobile phone at Ban Km 52 Hmong New Year celebration Vientiane province, Lao PDR. The Hmong celebration of New Year is based on the lunar calendar. This important time is an opportunity to honour ancestors and spirits through offerings and rituals and to partake in games, sports, feasts, shows, bullfights and courtship. The Hmong are the third largest ethnic group in Laos. 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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  • Young Hmong Der (White Hmong) women wearing contemporary Hmong traditional costumes taking selfie portraits on a mobile phone at Ban Km 52 Hmong New Year celebration Vientiane province, Lao PDR. The Hmong celebration of New Year is based on the lunar calendar. This important time is an opportunity to honour ancestors and spirits through offerings and rituals and to partake in games, sports, feasts, shows, bullfights and courtship. The Hmong are the third largest ethnic group in Laos. 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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  • Young Hmong Der (White Hmong) women wearing contemporary Hmong traditional costume at Ban Km 52 Hmong New Year festival, Vientiane province, Lao PDR. The Hmong celebration of New Year is based on the lunar calendar. This important time is an opportunity to honour ancestors and spirits through offerings and rituals and to partake in games, sports, feasts, shows, bullfights and courtship. The Hmong are the third largest ethnic group in Laos. 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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  • Young Hmong Der (White Hmong) women wearing contemporary Hmong traditional costume at Ban Km 52 Hmong New Year festival, Vientiane province, Lao PDR. The Hmong celebration of New Year is based on the lunar calendar. This important time is an opportunity to honour ancestors and spirits through offerings and rituals and to partake in games, sports, feasts, shows, bullfights and courtship. The Hmong are the third largest ethnic group in Laos. 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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  • Hmong Der (White Hmong) women playing the ball throwing game of ‘pov pob’ at Ban Km 52 Hmong New Year festival, Vientiane province, Lao PDR. ‘Pov pob’ is a formalised courting ritual where unmarried men and women face each other in a line and toss cloth balls (or tennis balls) to one another using only one hand. The Hmong celebration of New Year is based on the lunar calendar. This important time is an opportunity to honour ancestors and spirits through offerings and rituals and to partake in games, sports, feasts, shows, bullfights and courtship. The Hmong are the third largest ethnic group in Laos. 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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  • Young Hmong Der (White Hmong) women wearing contemporary Hmong traditional costume at Ban Km 52 Hmong New Year festival, Vientiane province, Lao PDR. The Hmong celebration of New Year is based on the lunar calendar. This important time is an opportunity to honour ancestors and spirits through offerings and rituals and to partake in games, sports, feasts, shows, bullfights and courtship. The Hmong are the third largest ethnic group in Laos. 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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  • Hmong Der (White Hmong) women playing the ball throwing game of ‘pov pob’ at Ban Km 52 Hmong New Year festival, Vientiane province, Lao PDR. ‘Pov pob’ is a formalised courting ritual where unmarried men and women face each other in a line and toss cloth balls (or tennis balls) to one another using only one hand. The Hmong celebration of New Year is based on the lunar calendar. This important time is an opportunity to honour ancestors and spirits through offerings and rituals and to partake in games, sports, feasts, shows, bullfights and courtship. The Hmong are the third largest ethnic group in Laos. 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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  • Hmong Der (White Hmong) women wearing contemporary Hmong traditional costumes at Ban Km 52 Hmong New Year festival, Vientiane province, Lao PDR. The Hmong celebration of New Year is based on the lunar calendar. This important time is an opportunity to honour ancestors and spirits through offerings and rituals and to partake in games, sports, feasts, shows, bullfights and courtship. The Hmong are the third largest ethnic group in Laos. 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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  • Hmong Der (White Hmong) women wearing contemporary Hmong traditional costumes at Ban Km 52 Hmong New Year festival, Vientiane province, Lao PDR. The Hmong celebration of New Year is based on the lunar calendar. This important time is an opportunity to honour ancestors and spirits through offerings and rituals and to partake in games, sports, feasts, shows, bullfights and courtship. The Hmong are the third largest ethnic group in Laos. 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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  • Hmong Der (White Hmong) women playing the ball throwing game of ‘pov pob’ at Ban Km 52 Hmong New Year festival, Vientiane province, Lao PDR. ‘Pov pob’ is a formalised courting ritual where unmarried men and women face each other in a line and toss cloth balls (or tennis balls) to one another using only one hand. The Hmong celebration of New Year is based on the lunar calendar. This important time is an opportunity to honour ancestors and spirits through offerings and rituals and to partake in games, sports, feasts, shows, bullfights and courtship. The Hmong are the third largest ethnic group in Laos. 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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  • Making a ceramic pot using a wheel in the specialist pottery village of Ban Chan, 3 km from the heritage city of Luang Prabang, where age old traditions and methods continue to be used for producing pottery both for local use and commercial markets.
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  • Making a ceramic pot using a wheel in the specialist pottery village of Ban Chan, 3 km from the heritage city of Luang Prabang, where age old traditions and methods continue to be used for producing pottery both for local use and commercial markets.
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  • Making a ceramic pot using a wheel in the specialist pottery village of Ban Chan, 3 km from the heritage city of Luang Prabang, where age old traditions and methods continue to be used for producing pottery both for local use and commercial markets.
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  • Making a ceramic pot using a wheel in the specialist pottery village of Ban Chan, 3 km from the heritage city of Luang Prabang, where age old traditions and methods continue to be used for producing pottery both for local use and commercial markets.
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  • A Khmu man weaving a bamboo sticky rice basket whilst his wife smokes a homemade cigarette outside their home in Ban Phatao, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Renowned for their superior basket weaving skills, the Khmu belong to the Mon-Khmer language group considered to be the original inhabitants of Laos and are the largest ethnic minority with many sub-groups resident in all provinces of Northern Laos. Ban Phatao will soon be temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5.
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  • A fisherman repairs a fishing net outside his home in the Khmu village of Ban Seua-Thiek, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The remote and roadless village of Ban Seua-Thiek is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A fisherman repairs a fishing net outside his home in the Khmu village of Ban Seua-Thiek, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The remote and roadless village of Ban Seua-Thiek is situated along the Nam Ou river (a tributary of the Mekong) and will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A Khmu man weaving a bamboo sticky rice basket outside his home in Ban Phatao, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Renowned for their superior basket weaving skills, the Khmu belong to the Mon-Khmer language group considered to be the original inhabitants of Laos and are the largest ethnic minority with many sub-groups resident in all provinces of Northern Laos. Ban Phatao will soon be temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5.
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  • A Khmu man and his wife sit outside their home relaxing and smoking cigarettes in the remote and roadless Khmu ethnic minority village of Ban Phatao, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Ban Phatao will soon be temporarily relocated away from the Nam Ou river due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5.
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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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  • A Tai Lue man makes a stool from rattan and bamboo, Ban Ngay Neua 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.
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  • A woollen sock or caltuni often worn with peasant sandals (opinci) by women in remote villages in rural Maramures. Traditionally subsistence farmers In Maramures raise their own sheep to provide wool for knitting and weaving clothing.
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  • The hands of a man shaping a woven bamboo basket in Tang Tien village, Bac Giang province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • A man shaping a woven bamboo basket in Tang Tien village, Bac Giang province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • Woman preparing bamboo for weaving into baskets in Tang Tien village, Bac Giang province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • Woman preparing bamboo for weaving into baskets in Tang Tien village, Bac Giang province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • A woman weaving a bamboo basket in Tang Tien village, Bac Giang province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • Maria Streulea, a Romanian peasant farmer, crochets the edge to a handwoven bag, the design typical to the Saxon Transylvania region, Saliste, Romania
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer wearing a traditional striped apron (zadie), made of a single width of woven wool, holds a string of organically grown beans, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • A young girl sits with her mother while she weaves baskets, Luu Thuong, 'Te' grass weaving village, Ha Tay province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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